The author with Newfoundland dog Balou.
(Photo by Sarah Weber)

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 her three 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 lives in Hampden, Maine, with her husband, and dog Rascal. She also has a son, daughter-in-law and granddaugther that live in Corinth, Maine as well as a daugther and son-in-law in Bangor, Maine. She presently teaches art in Hampden to children in grades 3-5. Angeli’s interests include hiking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, reading, gardening and Celtic music.