Sam Pereira's books include The Marriage of the Portuguese (L'Epervier Press, 1978), Brittle Water (Abattoir Editions/Penumbra Press, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1987), A CAFE IN BOCA (Tebot Bach, 2007), DUSTING ON SUNDAY (Tebot Bach, 2012), and BAD ANGELS (Nine Mile Press, 2015). An expanded edition of his first book was published in April 2012 by Tagus Press at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He lives in the San Joaquin Valley of California with his wife, Susan, and is an English teacher.