| Phyllis Alesia Perry | |
| Birth Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | University of Alabama |
Phyllis Alesia Perry (born 1961, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an African-American journalist and author, who lives in the Southern United States.
Phyllis Alesia Perry is the daughter of Harmon Griggs Perry, the first African-American reporter to be hired by the Atlanta Journal. She grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama, and graduated with a degree in communications from the University of Alabama in 1982. Becoming a journalist, she was among a group of Alabama Journal reporters who won the Pulitzer Prize for investigating Alabama's high infant mortality rate.[1]
Perry's debut novel, Stigmata (1998), follows the journey of a young woman, Lizzie, pursuing the story behind a handmade quilt she has inherited on the death of her grandmother.[1] A Sunday in June (2004) is a prequel to Stigmata.[2] [3]