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Pat Perrin

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Pat Perrin is the author of The Secret World of Unicorns, as well as published stories and essays. She often writes in collaboration with her husband, Wim Coleman (and they've stayed happily married well over two decades).

Pat is also a visual artist and she did the colorful illustrations for their most recent book: The King and the Beggar Lady.

Their co-authored novels include The Jamais Vu Papers, a 2011 finalist for the Eric Hoffer/Montaigne Medal, and Anna’s World, the Silver Medalist in the 2008 Moonbeam Awards. They also wrote the popular thriller Terminal Games. Some of their books have been translated into foreign language editions, taught in university courses, or recognized with national awards. Both are members of International P ...more

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Long John Silver’s Parley — a dramatic monologue

Let none admireThat riches grow in Hell: that soil may bestDeserve the precious bane.—John Milton, Paradise Lost “Them that die’ll be the lucky ones.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island We godless devils want the treasure map;you good and godly fellows want to live.It’s fair straightforward bart’ring, Cap’n Smollett,with not much elbow room for give nor take.We’ll […]

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	The Secret World of Unicorns by Pat Perrin (Goodreads Author), Don Roff (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.53 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Mystery of the Cardiff Giant (Cover-To-Cover Informational Books) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Mystery of the Piltdown Skull (Cover-To-Cover Informational Books) by Pat Perrin (Goodreads Author), Wim Coleman (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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