- Michael Holloway Perronne
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Michael Holloway Perronne (b. 1974, Mississippi) is an American author. His novels include: "A Time Before Me", "Starstruck: A Hollywood Saga", and "Falling Into Me."
His debut novel, "A Time Before Me" won the Bronze Award, ForeWord Magazine's 2006 Book of the Year Award in the Gay/Lesbian fiction category.[1] Perronne is openly gay.[2]
Michael was born and raised in Picayune, Mississippi. He received a BA in Film from The University of Southern Mississippi and an MFA in Drama and Communications from the University of New Orleans.
For a few years he worked as a production assistant in television and film, in both New Orleans and Los Angeles, on such projects as the television series The Big Easy and the television movies Rag and Bone and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Following that, he worked as the Conference Services Coordinator for the [[National Association of Television Program Executives]]. He did script reading and analysis for the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Collaborative.
A screenplay he co-wrote with his friend, Gina Bono, Millennium Babes From Mars, was optioned by an independent film production company. The script is in development limbo.
He currently resides in Los Angeles.
References
- ^ "Book of the Year Award Winners". ForeWord Magazine. 2006. http://www.forewordmagazine.com/botya/search2k6.aspx?srchtype=category&srchval=20. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
- ^ "Starstruck: A Hollywood Saga". Rainbow Network. 2005-08-12. http://www.rainbownetwork.com/Culture/detail.asp?iData=24002&iChannel=15&nChannel=Culture. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
External links
Categories: 1974 births | LGBT writers from the United States | American novelists | People from Pearl River County, Mississippi | Living people
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