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Richard Peck
Born
April 10, 1934 (1934-04-10) (age74)Decatur, Illinois, U.S.[1]
Occupation
novelist
Nationality
English
Writing period
1972姊esent
Genres
horror, caper, mystery, occult, social commentary, historical
Subjects
writing for young adults
Influences
Paul Zindel[2]
Official website
Richard Peck (born April 5, 1934) 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.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Works
2.1 Published works
2.1.1 Anthologies
2.1.2 Novels
2.1.3 Nonfiction
2.2 Works adapted into movies
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links
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Biography
Richard Peck actually began his career as a high school teacher. He found it hard to deal with his students' high school behavior and problems and decided to cut his career short. But, his lessons as a teacher were not useless. Richard decided to take his observations and lessons from being a teacher and use it as material for books.He said, "Ironically, it was my students who taught me to be a writer, though I was hired to teach them."[3]
Peck studied at DePauw University, earning a bachelor's degree in English in 1956. While there, he belonged to the Delta Chi fraternity and spent his junior year abroad at the University of Exeter. After college, he was drafted into the US Army as a captains assistant and spent two years serving in Stuttgart, Germany. In a 2003 interview, he said about it: "I think your view of the world goes on姊杘r the rest of your life姊恠 the world you saw as you emerged into it as an adult."[2]
After his military service ended, he completed a master's degree at Southern Illinois University in 2003 and taught junior high and high school English. He left teaching in 1971 to write his first novel, Don't Look and It Won't Hurt.
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."[4] 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.[3]
Works
Peck writes exclusively on a typewriter, described here in 'Publishers Weekly:
When the author is not traveling, he works at an L-shaped desk, which affords a sunny window. He writes everything on an electric typewriter because "it has to be a book from the first day," he explains. He has no daily routine because of all the traveling he does, but follows a very disciplined writing process. He writes each page six times, then places it in a three-ring binder with a DePauw University cover ("a talisman," he calls this memento from his alma mater). When he feels that he has gotten a page just right, he takes out another 20 words. "After a year, I've come to the end. Then I'll take this first chapter, and without rereading it, I'll throw it away and write the chapter that goes at the beginning. Because the first chapter is the last chapter in disguise." He always hands in a completed manuscript, and his editor is his first reader. Richard Peck actually began his career as a high school teacher. He found it hard to deal with his students' high school behavior and problems and decided to cut his career short. But, his lessons as a teacher were not useless. Richard decided to take his observations and lessons from being a teacher and use it as material for books. He said, "Ironically, it was my students who taught me to be a writer, though I was hired to teach them." Although Richard finds a way to connect to readers around the world, he refuses to embrace new technology. He still types his material on a typewriter. He has also written two books that have a tech-savy setting. Richard comes across as an inspiring person. He believes each book should be a question, not an answer. He also believes that before anything else can happen a book needs to be entertaining. And entertaining they are. He is author to many award-winning novels. His collected papers written between 1972 and 1991 reside at The University of Southern Mississippi.[5]
Published works
Anthologies
1970: Sounds and Silencttytes: Poems For Now
1971: Mindscapes: Poems for the Real World
1973: Leap Into Reality: Essays For Now
1976: Pictures That Storm Inside My Head (poetry anthology, editor)
2004: Past Perfect, Present Tense (short story collection)
Novels
1972: Don't Look and It Won't Hurt
1973: Dreamland Lake
1973: Through a Brief Darkness
1974:...(and so on)