
About Jude
PROFESSIONAL WRITER
Hi! I’m an author settled in Melbourne with my wife and two sons. I love reading and writing YA fiction, short fiction and Lifestyle Pieces.

Imaginings

Published: 1st August 2016
ISBN: 9780994401540
Number Of Pages: 128
For Ages: 13 – 30 years old

Published: 14th April 2020
BN ID: 9780994401540
Number Of Pages: 283
For Ages: 13 – 30 years old
Wanna Read with Jude
Fiction of this kind is still very rare in Sri Lanka, either in English, Sinhala or Tamil, it is hoped that the author will write more.
Gratien Award winner (Gamini Akmeemana)
‘’‘The Beast’ is Sri Lankan born Jude Perera’s debut novel. While having previous experience in short fiction, lifestyle and travel blogging, his recent YA novel is based entirely in the lush splendour of our very own Horton Plains.’’
Pulse Magazine
‘’Young Adult novel set in Sri Lanka – hunting the yakush’’
Trip Fiction
‘“The Beast” Framed: On Jude Perera’s Work Of Young Adult Fiction.’’
Gratien award winner: Vihanga Perera

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JUDE’S BLOG.
The Dumb May Speak
I thought long and hard before committing it to cyber space. This is not a new year resolution (2022), not by a long shot. But I felt it was a case of absent logic that should be addressed in some small way at least. “A sick animal!” “A sick dog!” I have lost count of...
The Finisher
This is a super hero. May not be as fast as Flash, but definitely one of them. My father always wanted me to be one of these among a host of other roles. He was, he is, a super hero. Unfortunately, I’m still a work-in-progress. Simply put, finish the job, finish what...
A Dirty War
It truly is. I’ve been gunned down, stabbed and ambushed on countless occasions; over the past twenty-three years. I was wounded badly, always shot emotionally. But I never shed a drop of blood. It’s a crazy war, and as with all wars, totally unnecessary. It stinks...
Did We Survive a Pandemic?
Looks that way. Perhaps we did, perhaps not. Yes, we lived to tell the tale, some of us; but the images of bodies rotting on streets, people falling to the ground without warning, smoke from countless funeral pyres painting blue skies with shades of grey. Part of us...
Retire Now?
How many people have enjoyed this dream and how many times before actual retirement? Too many. That’s a safe assumption. I have and still do. What does retirement mean? I guess, hunched backs, slow gaits, silvery or no hair and at least more than four decades of toil...
My Fictional Hero
Sean Connery and Harrison Ford had not entered my fantasies as 007, Indiana Jones or Han Solo, yet. The idiot box was already a permanent fixture in our living room, but did not get the attention it never deserved, from me. I was an avid reader, and the TV was no...