About Richard Peck
Richard Peck is an American novelist known for his prolific contributions to modern young adult literature. He was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2001 for his novel A Year Down Yonder.
Peck is a private person "who is fastidious about what he allows others to know about himself. He knows, respects, and honors personal boundaries in ways that are refreshing for someone who grew up in the sixties and seventies, when every little personal thing was fair game." He currently lives in New York and splits his time between writing and traveling. Peck is an adjunct professor with Louisiana State University's School of Library and Information Sciences.
Peck is a private person "who is fastidious about what he allows others to know about himself. He knows, respects, and honors personal boundaries in ways that are refreshing for someone who grew up in the sixties and seventies, when every little personal thing was fair game." He currently lives in New York and splits his time between writing and traveling. Peck is an adjunct professor with Louisiana State University's School of Library and Information Sciences.
Series
Blossom Culp
1. The Ghost Belonged to Me (1975)
2. Ghosts I Have Been (1977)
3. The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp (1983)
4. Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (1986)
1. The Ghost Belonged to Me (1975)
2. Ghosts I Have Been (1977)
3. The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp (1983)
4. Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (1986)
Grandma Dowdel
1. A Long Way from Chicago (1998)
2. A Year Down Yonder (2000)
3. A Season of Gifts (2009)
1. A Long Way from Chicago (1998)
2. A Year Down Yonder (2000)
3. A Season of Gifts (2009)
Novels
Don't Look and It Won't Hurt (1972)
Dreamland Lake (1973)
Through a Brief Darkness (1973)
Representing Super Doll (1974)
Are You in the House Alone? (1976)
Father Figure (1979)
Secrets of the Shopping Mall (1979)
Trig (1979)
Amanda/Miranda (1980)
New York Time (1981)
This Family of Women (1983)
Remembering the Good Times (1985)
Princess Ashley (1987)
Close Enough to Touch (1988)
Those Summer Girls I Never Met (1988)
Voices After Midnight (1989)
Soup for the President (1991)
Unfinished Portrait of Jessica (1991)
Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats (1993)
Final Solution (1995)
The Last Safe Place on Earth (1995)
London Holiday (1998)
Strays Like Us (1998)
Fair Weather (2001)
The River Between Us (2003)
The Teacher's Funeral (2004)
Here Lies the Librarian (2006)
On the Wings of Heroes (2007)
Three Quarters Dead (2010)
Secrets at Sea (2011)
Dreamland Lake (1973)
Through a Brief Darkness (1973)
Representing Super Doll (1974)
Are You in the House Alone? (1976)
Father Figure (1979)
Secrets of the Shopping Mall (1979)
Trig (1979)
Amanda/Miranda (1980)
New York Time (1981)
This Family of Women (1983)
Remembering the Good Times (1985)
Princess Ashley (1987)
Close Enough to Touch (1988)
Those Summer Girls I Never Met (1988)
Voices After Midnight (1989)
Soup for the President (1991)
Unfinished Portrait of Jessica (1991)
Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats (1993)
Final Solution (1995)
The Last Safe Place on Earth (1995)
London Holiday (1998)
Strays Like Us (1998)
Fair Weather (2001)
The River Between Us (2003)
The Teacher's Funeral (2004)
Here Lies the Librarian (2006)
On the Wings of Heroes (2007)
Three Quarters Dead (2010)
Secrets at Sea (2011)
Collections
Sounds and Silences (poems) (1970)
Past Perfect, Present Tense (2004)
Acting Out (2008) (with Avi, Susan Cooper, Sharon Creech, Patricia MacLachlan, Katherine Paterson)
Past Perfect, Present Tense (2004)
Acting Out (2008) (with Avi, Susan Cooper, Sharon Creech, Patricia MacLachlan, Katherine Paterson)
Picture Books
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Urban Studies: A Research Paper Casebook (1974)
Transitions: A Literary Paper Casebook (1974)
Write a Tale of Terror (1987)
Edge of Awareness: 25 Contemporary Essays (1990)
Anonymously Yours (1991)
Love and Death At the Mall: Teaching And Writing for the Literate Young (1994)
Invitations to the World: Teaching And Writing for Young (2002)
Transitions: A Literary Paper Casebook (1974)
Write a Tale of Terror (1987)
Edge of Awareness: 25 Contemporary Essays (1990)
Anonymously Yours (1991)
Love and Death At the Mall: Teaching And Writing for the Literate Young (1994)
Invitations to the World: Teaching And Writing for Young (2002)
Awards
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Richard Peck recommends
 Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller (2007) Sarah Miller "Miss Spitfire is high drama about how language unlocks the world." |  Leaving Gee's Bend (2010) Irene Latham "Ludelphia Bennett reaffirms the human spirit and defines survival in this beautifully stitched quilt of a novel." |  Ashfall (2011) Mike Mullin "Mike Mullin's Ashfall glows and throbs with everyday life and the business of survival in a dystopic future, after an unthinkable disaster." |
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