Lori Perkins (born April 8, 1959[citation needed]) is an American literary agent, book publisher and author.
[citation needed] In 1982, she founded The Uptown Weekly News, a bi-monthly neighborhood newspaper that covered the Washington Heights and Inwood sections of Manhattan.
The New York Chapter of Romance Writers of America named her Agent of the Year in 2010,[3] and she received An Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Times Book Club in 2004.
[citation needed] Riverdale's authors include Cecilia Tan, Riki Wilchins, Trinity Blacio, Marc Shapiro, Lissa Trevor, Chris Shirley,[10] Gabby Rivera and Andrew Gray, among many others.
She is the editor of 1984 in the 21st Century, published by Riverdale Avenue Books, a collection of 25 essays and opinions on today's relevance of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
[16] When social upheaval caused by the explosion of numerous sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct claims in the workplace swept America in the fall of 2017, within weeks Perkins had edited and published an anthology of 26 essays titled #MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again.