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Morgan Scott Peck (1936-2005) was a psychiatrist and author. Peck is best known for his book The Road Less Traveled.

Life[]

Born in May of 1936 in New York City to a Quaker family, Peck was sent by them to the boarding school Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire when he was thirteen - where, according to Peck in The Road Less Traveled, he had a miserable time. This led him to refuse to reenter the school after returning home on spring holiday - which led to his parents sending him to a psychiatrist who diagnosed him with depression. Despite this (and the psychiatrist's recommendation of a month's stay in a psychiatric hospital), Peck entered into Manhattan's Friends Seminary and graduated from the school in 1954. He then got a bachelor's degree from Harvard and an MD from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Writing style and viewpoints[]

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Notable works[]

  • A Bed by the Window - a novel set in a nursing home
  • The Friendly Snowflake - a children's book
  • In Heaven As on Earth - a novel set in the afterlife

Nonfiction[]

  • The Road Less Traveled - an introduction to Peck's psychological beliefs
  • People of the Lie - a book on evil
  • What Return Can I Make? (or Gifts for the Journey) - a book on Christianity
  • The Different Drum - a book on communities
  • A World Waiting To Be Born - a book on mental illness
  • Meditations from the Road - a compilation of quotes
  • Further Along the Road Less Traveled - a sequel to The Road Less Traveled
  • In Search of Stones - a book on spiritualism
  • The Road Less Traveled and Beyond - a sequel to Further Along the Road Less Traveled
  • Denial of the Soul - a book on death
  • Golf and the Spirit - a book on golf
  • Glimpses of the Devil - a book on demons

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