![]() The Titanic, her stern standing high out of the water, was sliding into the sea. Or the great crystal chandeliers thundering down on parquet floors. It shook, and there were explosions deep within it. Over the chorus of hundreds of far-off voices crying out, I heard music again, a mournful, stately melody now that broke as I listened, notes scattered to the wind. The ship shuddered and the hiss of steam ceased. Edwards Award, the ALAN Award, and the Medallion from the University of Southern Mississippi. In addition, he has won a number of major honors for the body of his work, including the Margaret A. He is a Newbery Medal winner (for A Year Down Yonder), a Newbery Honor winner (for A Long Way from Chicago), a two-time National Book Award finalist, and a two-time Edgar Award winner. Peck is the first children’s book author to have received a National Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City, and spends a great deal of time traveling around the country to speaking engagements at conferences, schools, and libraries. ![]() ![]() In fact The Washington Post called him America’s best living author for young adults.” A versatile writer, he is beloved by middle-graders as well as young adults for his historical and contemporary comedies and coming-of-age novels. Richard Peck has written more than thirty novels, and in the process has become one of the country’s most highly respected writers for children. ![]()
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