A Year Down Yonder Trivia

Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge

Richard Peck claims that he writes each of his books six times over because he never gets things right the first five times. That's a lot of drafts! (Source)

Did you know that Richard Peck's first writing job was ghostwriting sermons for chaplains as a soldier in Germany? (Source)

Richard Peck wasn't just a writer from day one. He also spent some time as a teacher in Chicago. (Source)