Richard Peck (1934–2018)
Författare till A Long Way from Chicago
Om författaren
Richard Peck was born in Decatur, Illinois on April 5, 1934. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature from DePauw University in 1956. After graduation, he served two years in the U.S. Army in Germany, where he worked as a chaplain's assistant writing sermons and completing paperwork. visa mer He received a master's degree in English from Southern Illinois University in 1959. He taught high school English in Illinois and New York City. He stopped teaching in 1971 to write a novel. His first book, Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, was published in 1972 and was adapted as the 1992 film Gas Food Lodging. He wrote more than 40 books for both adults and young adults including Amanda/Miranda, Those Summer Girls I Never Met, The River Between Us, A Long Way from Chicago, A Season of Gifts, The Teacher's Funeral, Fair Weather, Here Lies the Librarian, On the Wings of Heroes, and The Best Man. A Year down Yonder won the Newbery Medal in 2001 and Are You in the House Alone? won an Edgar Award. The Ghost Belonged to Me was adapted into the film Child of Glass. He received the MAE Award in 1990 and the National Humanities Medal in 2002. He died following a long battle with cancer on May 23, 2018 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Richard Peck
Stargazer's Guide to the Galaxy, The 1 exemplar
The Teachers Funerall 1 exemplar
Secrets at Sea (Paperback) - Common 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (1985) — Bidragsgivare — 161 exemplar
Time Capsule: Short Stories About Teenagers Throughout the Twentieth Century (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 58 exemplar
From One Experience to Another: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction (1997) — Bidragsgivare — 42 exemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: A Ship Must Die • Snowbound Six • Amanda/Miranda • Bullet Train — Författare — 1 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1934-04-10
- Avled
- 2018-05-23
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Decatur, Illinois, USA
- Dödsort
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Illinois, USA
New York, USA - Utbildning
- University of Oxford (Exeter College)
- Yrken
- teacher
lecturer - Organisationer
- United States Army
- Priser och utmärkelser
- National Humanities Medal (2001)
Boston Globe - Horn Book Award (2017)
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
1980s? fiction novel involving time travel, the Titanic and Adoph Hitler i Name that Book (juni 2016)
Recensioner
Listor
Sonlight Books (2)
4th Grade Books (3)
grrrrrl power (1)
Ghosts (1)
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