Life
Perlman is the son of second-generation Jewish Australians of East European descent. Perlman studied law at Monash University in Melbourne, graduating in 1989. He was called to the Bar in 1997, but while working as a judge's associate in the early 1990s he started writing short stories, and won 'The Age' short story competition in 1994.
He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
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