Alan Perry is a poet and editor whose debut poetry chapbook, Clerk of the Dead, was a finalist in the Cathy Smith Bowers Chapbook competition, and was released by Main Street Rag Publishing in 2020. The book was recognized as a finalist in the 2022 American Writing Awards in Poetry, and a finalist in the 2022 Best Book Awards in Poetry Chapbooks. His latest chapbook, The Heart of It, was published in 2025 by Kelsay Books.

His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Tahoma Literary Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Third Wednesday, Whale Road Review, San Pedro River Review, ONE ART, Gyroscope Review, and elsewhere. A Best of the Net nominee and former Senior Poetry Editor for Typehouse Magazine, he is a founder and Managing Editor Emeritus of RockPaperPoem. Alan and his wife divide their time between suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota and Tucson, Arizona.