Lucia Perillo

Lucia Perillo: Lucia Perillo graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a major in wildlife management, and subsequently worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. She completed her MA in English at Syracuse University, and has published nine books of poetry and prose. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2000 and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2009. She lives in Olympia, Washington.