Peck, Richard (Wayne)

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PECK, Richard (Wayne)

PECK, Richard (Wayne). American, b. 1934. Genres: Children's fiction, Young adult fiction, Novels. Publications: (with N. Strasma) Old Town: A Compleat Guide, 1965; (with M. Smith and G. Weber) A Consumer's Guide to Educational Innovations, 1972; Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, 1972; Dreamland Lake, 1973; Through a Brief Darkness, 1973; (with S.N. Judy) The Creative Word 2, 1973; Representing Super Doll, 1974; The Ghost Belonged to Me, 1975; Are You in the House Alone?, 1976; Monster Night at Grandma's House, 1977; Ghosts I Have Been, 1977; Father Figure, 1978; Secrets of the Shopping Mall, 1979; Amanda/Miranda, 1980; Close Enough to Touch, 1981; The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp, 1983; Remembering the Good Times, 1985; Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death, 1986; Princess Ashley, 1987; Those Summer Girls I Never Met, 1988; Voices after Midnight, 1989; Unfinished Portrait of Jessica, 1991; Bel Air Bambi and the Mall Rats, 1993; Love and Death at the Mall: Teaching and Writing for the Literate Young, 1994; The Last Safe Place on Earth, 1995; Lost in Cyberspace, 1995; The Great Interactive Dream Machine, 1996; Strays Like Us, 1998; London Holiday, 1998; Long Way from Chicago, 1998; A Year Down Yonder, 2000 (Newbery Award); Fair Weather, 2001; Invitations to the World, 2002; Birds of Passage, 2003. EDITOR: (with N.E. Hoopes) Edge of Awareness: Twenty- Five Contemporary Essays, 1966; Sounds and Silence, 1970; Mindscapes: Poems for the Real World, 1971; Urban Studies: A Research Paper Casebook, 1973; Transitions: A Literary Paper Casebook, 1974; Pictures That Storm inside My Head (poetry anthology), 1976. Address: Dial Books for Young Readers, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014-3657, U.S.A.