Chevalier, Tracy, ed. Twentieth Century Children's Writers. Chicago: St. James Press, 1989. An essay by Anne Scott MacLeod favorably reviews A Day No Pigs Would Die but criticizes Peck's later works.

Commire, Anne, ed. Something About the Author. Vol. 21. Detroit: Gale, 1980. An interview with Peck.

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62. Detroit: Gale, 1990. A longer and much more detailed interview than in the earlier volume.

Holtze, Sally Holmes, ed. Fifth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1983. Presents a biographical sketch of Peck and his philosophy on writing.

Lesniak, James G., ed. Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series. Vol. 31.

Detroit: Gale, 1990. This article contains a brief biography of Peck and lists his works and awards.

Locher, Frances Carol, ed. Contemporary Authors. Vol. 81-84. Detroit: Gale, 1979. This article contains a short biography of Peck and summarizes several reviews of his works.