Jerome Parisse was born in France, where he developed a love for language, literature and good food. In his early thirties, he moved to Australia where he is now based.
Jerome studied acting in Sydney and Paris and has performed in Australia and in France. He is a successful playwright, having had many plays produced in Australia, America, Malaysia, Singapore and the UK. Love and Light, has been performed more than forty times, in five countries. Jerome is deeply involved with the deaf community. One of his plays, My Sister’s Choice, was written for both hearing and deaf audiences and involves spoken English and Sign Language.
Jerome writes the kind of stories he enjoys reading, fast paced adventures in which his characters struggle with identity, feelings and difficult choices.
He writes in English and in French.