[3] She studied film and dramatic writing at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she graduated with a BFA in 2003.
Out of those, Perlman chose Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning's Guardians of the Galaxy, due to her interest in space and science fiction.
In late 2011, Perlman was asked to create another draft, and in early 2012, American writer and director James Gunn was brought in to contribute to the script, and direct the film.
[13] She co-wrote an early script for the film Pokémon Detective Pikachu, with Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch.
[17] By October 2016, Warner Bros., Village Roadshow and Team Downey had put together a writers' room for the third of the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes films, with Perlman, Justin Malen, Gary Whitta, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, and Kieran Fitzgerald included.