Perkins was born and raised in Cheswick, Pennsylvania, a suburb fourteen miles northeast of Pittsburgh in the Allegheny River Valley. She earned her B.A. at The Pennsylvania State University in 1978 and her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1981. She currently lives with her husband and two children in Suttons Bay, Michigan.
Awards: Newbery (2006)
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Novels
All Alone in the Universe (1999)
Criss Cross (2005)
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth (2010)
Nuts to You (2014)
Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea (2018)
Violet and Jobie in the Wild (2022)
At Home in a Faraway Place (2025)
Criss Cross (2005)
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth (2010)
Nuts to You (2014)
Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea (2018)
Violet and Jobie in the Wild (2022)
At Home in a Faraway Place (2025)
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