Rob Perry

Rob Perry is a short story writer and novelist. Originally from Norfolk, he currently lives in the Peak District and works as a weightlifting coach. In 2020, his novel DOG was shortlisted and highly commended in the Peggy Chapman Andrews First Novel Award. In 2019 he was selected for the National Centre for Writing’s Escalator programme. He’s been shortlisted for the Bridport Short Story Prize, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Fish Short Story Prize. He won the Nottingham Short Story Prize and was first runner-up in the Moth International Short Story Prize and The Winston Fletcher Memorial Prize.

His debut novel, DOG, was published by Europa Editions in April 2024.