Dan Perdios is an extensively published PEN Grant award-winning journalist and author. His first book, A Golden Retriever & His Two Dads – An Adventure on Cape Cod, a memoir dedicated to his Golden Retriever, Willy, was published in May 2021. His most recent memoir, Rescuing Morgan, published in January 2024, tells the true story of how rescuing an abused Golden Retriever changed his life. His articles have appeared in magazines, newspapers, and websites such as: The Enterprise, Bay Woof (baywoof.org), the Bay Area Reporter, We The People, In LA Magazine, The Press Democrat, The Desert Sun, the Russian River Times, the Desert Times, and The Dodo – an online magazine for animals and the people who love them. Recently, Dan and his work have been featured on radio and television in Palm Springs (KNBC, CBS “Eye on the Desert,” and the Joey English Show on KGX99.1), and with NPR on Martha’s Vineyard (Laurel Redington – MVYRadio).
Dan has been a civil rights activist since the days of Harvey Milk, first for gay rights and later, when the AIDS epidemic raged, he committed his life to AIDS activism. Dan attributes his survival during that unimaginable pandemic (and those that followed) to the love and loyalty of his dogs. Specifically, Golden Retrievers. He now shares his home with Franklin, a big lovable Golden Retriever and former service animal for wounded veterans. An activist his entire adult life, his love of dogs and the great outdoors has now led him to a commitment to the environment and the rights and welfare of all animals.
For thirty years, Dan and his Goldens returned to Cape Cod in the summer to reconnect with his large extended family and to explore the beauty of the Cape and the Islands. In 2021, he decided to make Cape Cod his year-round home.
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