Richard Peck (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Richard Wayne Peck was born on April 5, 1934, in Decatur, Illinois, the son of Wayne Morris Peck, a motorcycle-riding merchant, and Virginia Gray Peck, a dietician. Peck’s father was a veteran of World War I who ran a gas station on the edge of town. Richard Peck describes his childhood as quiet and safe. As a young man, he loved automobiles and proudly identified them by make and model. He first went to college in England, to the University of Exeter, but completed his B.A. at DePauw University in 1956. In 1959 he earned his M.A at Southern Illinois University, and he completed...
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