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Perk Perkins
Storyteller
The Angels of Valley Junction
Stranded in the backwards 1950's mountain town where nobody knows his name or his crimes, a hardened mob hitman finds his icy exterior melting under the weight of the simple life, miraculous events and excessive Ozark Mountain hospitality.
About



Perk Perkins
Perk Perkins is an American author and award-winning journalist whose weekly column, The Smile Factor, ran for nearly a decade in the Midwest. A prolific writer across all genres, Perk has published everything form nonfiction articles to novels and screenplays.
His short fiction has drawn accolades with multiple publications in 2025. After a lifetime in the American Heartland, Perk has spent the last six years as a global nomad living and writing in South Africa, Albania and Sicily.
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