Perl was born in Brooklyn to Russian immigrants Fay Resenthal, a secretary, and Oscar Perl, a stationery salesman. She attended Brooklyn College, where in 2001 she was listed in The Pride of Brooklyn College by her alma mater. Her brother is Martin Perl, Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
Series
Fat Glenda
Me and Fat Glenda (1979)
Hey, Remember Fat Glenda? (1981)
Fat Glenda's Summer Romance (1986)
Fat Glenda Turns Fourteen (1991)
Me and Fat Glenda (1979)
Hey, Remember Fat Glenda? (1981)
Fat Glenda's Summer Romance (1986)
Fat Glenda Turns Fourteen (1991)
Novels
That Crazy April (1978)
Pieface and Daphne (1980)
Annabelle Starr: E. S. P (1983)
The Telltale Summer of Tina C (1984)
Marlene The Horror Queen (1985)
The Secret Diary of Katie Dinkerhoff (1987)
What I Did Last Summer (2011)
Pieface and Daphne (1980)
Annabelle Starr: E. S. P (1983)
The Telltale Summer of Tina C (1984)
Marlene The Horror Queen (1985)
The Secret Diary of Katie Dinkerhoff (1987)
What I Did Last Summer (2011)
Non fiction
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