Perriam, Wendy

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PERRIAM, Wendy

PERRIAM, Wendy. British, b. 1940. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Worked as advertising copywriter in London, England, 1961-65, 1968-72. Social worker at National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London, 1965-67. Full-time writer, 1979-. Publications: Absinthe for Elevenses, 1980 (in U.S. as Bourbon for Breakfast, 1981); Cuckoo, 1981; After Purple, 1982; Born of Woman, 1983; The Stillness the Dancing, 1985; Sin City, 1987; Devils, for a Change, 1989; Fifty-Minute Hour, 1990; Bird Inside, 1992; Michael, Michael, 1993; Breaking and Entering, 1994; Coupling, 1996; Second Skin, 1998; Lying, 2000; Dreams, Demons and Desire (short stories), 2001; Tread Softly, 2002; Virgin in the Gym & Other Stories, 2004. Address: c/o Curtis Brown, 4th Fl, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4SP, England.