Simon Perril was born in 1968. He studied at Anglia Polytechnic University, Leeds University and Cambridge University. Since 1995 he has been a full-time lecturer in the English department at University College Northampton. Previous publications include the chapbooks Spirit Level (1996) and Volume (1998). Drawing Attention was published in New Tonal Language: Reality Street 4 pack 3 (1999). He lives in Milton with Gabrielle and their two children Erin and Holly.