About Anna Mae Perillo

Anna Mae Perillo is a poet, novelist, and playwright who writes at the Jersey Shore, New York City, and just about anywhere else her voice and the voices of others, including her ancestors, command she take notice. 

 

Her first Chapbook, Inheritance of Courage and Fear was Published by Finishing Line Press and released in October 2020. Her poem “Nest of Worries” was published in Volume V of Contrapositions Literary Journal.

 

She has recently completed her first novel, Porcelain and her second short play, Mariana & the Wild Boars, which was  produced by the Manhattan Repertory Theatre with sold out shows in November 2021. Anna Mae has given poetry readings in New York City, Miami, and in a digital global village as a member of the International Women's Writing Guild. 

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She earned her bachelor's degree in English and Education, minor in Dance from Rutgers University and  Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University. Anna Mae has taught as an adjunct faculty member in the Writing Department at Brookdale Community College and practices law in Red Bank, New Jersey primarily as a divorce mediator.