Wim Coleman

Wim Coleman is a novelist, poet, playwright, and nonfiction writer. His book of poetry, I.O.U., was published in 2020 by Adelaide Books. His play The Mad Scene won First Place in the Script category of the 91st Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. His play The Shackles of Liberty was the winner of the 2016 Southern Playwrights Competition. Two collections of his one-act plays, Nine Muses and Stages of History, are currently in print, and his plays have appeared in anthologies along with works by authors ranging from Molière to David Mamet. Wim is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the Academy of American Poets.

Wim does much of his writing in collaboration with his wife, Pat Perrin. They have been writing together happily for more than 30 years. Novels that they have co-authored 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.

Wim and Pat lived for fourteen years in Mexico, where they adopted their daughter, Monserrat, and created and administered a scholarship program for at-risk students. They currently live in Carrboro, North Carolina. Wim and Pat are active members of PEN International.