Awards & Winners

Richard Peck

Date of Birth 10-April-1934
Place of Birth Decatur
(Macon County, Illinois, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Author, Novelist, Screenwriter
Richard Peck 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 For his cumulative contribution to young-adult literature he received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1990.

Awards by Richard Peck

Check all the awards nominated and won by Richard Peck.

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award The teacher's funeral
5 up

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award The River Between Us
7 up

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Young People's Literature The River Between Us

2002


Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award A Year Down Yonder

2001


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : A Year Down Yonder

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal A Year Down Yonder

1999


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : A Long Way from Chicago

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal A Long Way from Chicago

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Young People's Literature A Long Way from Chicago

1977


Edgar Award for Best Juvenile
Honored for : Are You in the House Alone?

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Are You in the House Alone?

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Dreamland Lake