曾在底特律、淘沙與西雅圖等地擔任圖書館員,目前為西雅圖公立圖書館編目組暨華盛頓圖書中心主任,發起過「一座城.一本書」(If All of [you name the city] Read the Same Book)活動。珀爾除每周固定在西雅圖當地的公共電台KUOW發表書評,也為圖書館員寫過兩本專書:《選書:1978 ~ 1998重要小說指南》與《選書Ⅱ:1998 ~ 2001重要小說指南》,眾多書評散見各地方與全國性期刊。目前與丈夫喬.珀爾(Joe Pearl)定居西雅圖。
§ B §
Babies: A Reader’s Guide︱育兒手冊︱
Balkan Specters︱巴爾幹幽靈︱
Hamilton Basso: Too Good to Miss︱漢彌頓.貝索:不能錯過的好作家︱
BBB: Best Business Books︱最佳商業書︱
Bicycling︱來騎腳踏車︱
Biographical Novels︱傳記小說︱
Bird Brains︱為鳥瘋狂︱
Black Humor︱黑色幽默︱
Bomb Makers︱製造原子彈的人︱
Books About Books︱書蟲之書︱
Boys Coming of Age︱男孩的成長小說︱
Brothers and Sisters︱手足之情︱
Frederick Busch: Too Good to Miss︱斐特烈克.鮑許:不能錯過的好作家︱
§ S §
Science Books(for the Interested but Apprehensive Layperson)︱科學書(給有興趣卻擔心看不懂的讀者)︱
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror︱科幻,奇幻和恐怖小說︱
Sea Stories︱航海故事︱
Sex and the Single Reader︱單身讀者的情與慾︱
Short Stories︱短篇故事︱
Shrinks and Shrinkees︱心理醫生與病人︱
Southern Fiction︱南方文學︱
Spies and Spymasters: The Really Real Unreal World of Intelligence︱間諜和間諜頭子:真的很不真實的情報世界︱
Sports and Games︱體育賽事︱
Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe: Too Good to Miss︱雷克斯.史陶特的尼羅.伍爾富系列:不能錯過的偵探小說︱