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
Novels
Don't Look and It Won't Hurt (1972)
Dreamland Lake (1973)
Through a Brief Darkness (1973)
Representing Super Doll (1974)
The Ghost Who Belonged to Me (1975)
Are You in the House Alone? (1976)
Trig (1979)
Secrets of the Shopping Mall (1979)
Father Figure (1979)
Amanda/Miranda (1980)
New York Time (1981)
Pictures That Storm Inside My Head (1983)
This Family of Women (1983)
Remembering the Good Times (1985)
Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (1986)
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp (1986)
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)
Ghosts I Have Been (1994)
The Last Safe Place on Earth (1995)
Final Solution (1995)
Strays Like Us (1998)
London Holiday (1998)
A Long Way from Chicago (1998)
A Year Down Yonder (2000)
Fair Weather (2001)
The River Between Us (2003)
The Teacher's Funeral (2004)
The Ghost Belonged to Me (2006)
Here Lies the Librarian (2006)
On the Wings of Heroes (2007)
Dreamland Lake (1973)
Through a Brief Darkness (1973)
Representing Super Doll (1974)
The Ghost Who Belonged to Me (1975)
Are You in the House Alone? (1976)
Trig (1979)
Secrets of the Shopping Mall (1979)
Father Figure (1979)
Amanda/Miranda (1980)
New York Time (1981)
Pictures That Storm Inside My Head (1983)
This Family of Women (1983)
Remembering the Good Times (1985)
Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (1986)
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp (1986)
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)
Ghosts I Have Been (1994)
The Last Safe Place on Earth (1995)
Final Solution (1995)
Strays Like Us (1998)
London Holiday (1998)
A Long Way from Chicago (1998)
A Year Down Yonder (2000)
Fair Weather (2001)
The River Between Us (2003)
The Teacher's Funeral (2004)
The Ghost Belonged to Me (2006)
Here Lies the Librarian (2006)
On the Wings of Heroes (2007)
Collections
Sounds and Silences (poems) (1970)
Mindscapes: Poems for the Real World (poems) (1971)
Past Perfect, Present Tense (2004)
Mindscapes: Poems for the Real World (poems) (1971)
Past Perfect, Present Tense (2004)
Picture Books
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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