Pearl was born in New York City and grew up in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he graduated from the
University School of Nova Southeastern University (NSU), a
K-12 school. He earned degrees from
Harvard College and
Yale Law School. He currently resides in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1998, Pearl won the Dante Award from the Dante Society of America for his undergraduate essay,
Dante in Transit: Emerson’s Lost Role as Dantean. ==Bibliography==