Perry Browning

Perry Browning is a senior editor at Home and Country magazine and an official in its Best Small Town in America competition. He announces Odyssey's nomination after Connie Kendall's audio documentary attracts the magazine's attention. Perry relies on a secret inspector and later explains the rules when Odyssey ties Sunshine Beach. When Wooton's connection to the magazine's publishing company creates a possible conflict, Perry enforces a strict disqualification policy shaped by past wrongdoing. He is willing to consider Wooton's costly proposal for keeping the town eligible, but the citizens ultimately choose their friend over the award. Professional and rule minded, Perry oversees a contest meant to reveal civic character, even when its procedures place recognition and community loyalty in painful tension.