Glenn Perry is an Australian writer and opera librettist.
He is notable for his librettos for Julian Yu's operas Fresh Ghosts (1997) and The Possessed (2003).[1] Perry received a grant in 2002 from the Australia Council for the writing of The Obsessed.[2] He wrote the libretto for the operatic version of Helen Garner's novella The Children's Bach.[3][4] For this work, Perry received the 2007 RE Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Award.[5]
He has also adapted Australian children's author Morris Gleitzman's book Second Childhood for the stage.[6]
In 2012, he adapted Dostoevsky’s The Gambler into a radio drama The Roulettenburg.[7]
He currently teaches English as a Second Language at Monash College.[citation needed]