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(Photo by Ariel Bonin)
Children's author, Angeli Perrow, was born in the coastal city of Rockland, Maine, with the sea in her blood. Her grandfather was an island lobsterman and her uncle fished the Grand Banks. As a child, she delighted in exploring the beach with her grandmother, collecting shells and sea glass. She also started writing poems and stories when she was a child.
Trained as a teacher, she taught elementary school for eleven years. It was while she studied Maine with her fourth grade students that Angeli developed an interest in lighthouses. Digging into Maine's maritime history has provided material for much of her writing, including three of her published children's books, Captain's Castaway, Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue, and Sirius the Dog Star, as well as a Maine lighthouses coloring book. Angeli's newest books are The Lightkeeper's Key, an exciting mystery novel for 8-12 year olds, and Many Hands, A Penobscot Indian Story (winner of the 2011 Lupine Award).
Angeli lives in Hampden, Maine with her husband, daughter, son-in-law and dog, Lily. She also has a son, daugher-in-law and two grandchildren who live in Glenburn, Maine. She presently teaches art in Hampden to children in grades 3-5. Angeli's interests include hiking, kayaking, biking, cross-country skiing, reading, painting, photography, Irish dancing and Celtic music. She is learning to play the Irish tin whistle.
