Sylvia Peck

Profile Updated: June 16, 2025

Residing In:	Provincetown, MA USA

Homepage:	www.sylviapeck.com

Occupation:	Author

Children:	William, born 1993 Stepchildren: Harry, born 1985 and Ava Margaux, born 1989

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Grandchildren:

George Bishara, born 2012
John Henry, born 2014
Sam, born 2016
William, born 2010
Tiffany born April 14, 2023. baby Aires

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I live at the tip of Cape Cod, though I have lived many places: St. Paul, Cambridge, Spooner, Worcester, Ouray, San Diego, Minneapolis, Cambridge for longest without children, the upper west side of Manhattan for longest with children.

I've been a waitress, a night chef, an ESL instructor, a Federal Defender, an instructor at Suffolk Law School, and an attorney with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. I taught Children's Literature at Emerson College as an adjunct Professor. I have a middle grade novel, Seal Child, and a young adult novel, Kelsey's Raven, published by Morrow Junior. I feel very lucky to be a Mom and hope to have canoe loads of grandchildren.
I am working on a crossover ghost story set in Provincetown.

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I remember learning how to develop black and white photographs in the Woodbury darkroom for The Shajerite. Don’t think I was allowed in the Gristmill darkroom at Shaker. At Woodbury, I had a very kind instruction, named Mark, I think. I remember missing James Wilcher (sp?) who taught English at Woodbury and directed the spring musicals. I was never cast in anything else quite as exciting, except perhaps “The Crucible”. I remember walking around the great circle of parked cars outside Shaker High school and weeping over the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, marking grief with a black armband. I remember hating the news coverage of the war in Vietnam, and being terrified my brother might be Drafted. I remember listening to Patti Morgenstern’s solo at a winter Choir assembly and that she alway sang with the voice of an angel. I remember Paul Sapin nail his performance in Inherit the Wind. I remember seeing my gown for a military ball, and having a date, which is the closest I ever got to a prom. I remember Martin Ribar and John who went to Sarah Lawrence. I remember Barby Josephs. I remember Sue Fiekds. I remember me and Paula & Deb, especially in ninth grade. I remember Shaker Lakes. And, of course, Jib.

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If you have my email, you know who you are. I love my correspondences.

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Dearest and Svelte, Paula Kawson— elegant as ever, and kind, and a barrel of laughs, and the sweetest, most fun Grandma ever. Hmmmm why don’t I see pictures of your grandchildren….Hmmmm. We’ll forgive me if I got that wrong. Come visit me on the Outer Cape! Maybe we can make it happen this summer. Thanks for your patience when I disappeared over the loss of my Dad. I was just feeling as though the bottom dropped out. But I can feel my toes in the sand now. My garden is thrilled with blooming colors. For YOUR BIRTHDAY! Love, Syl

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My website shows my published books and current writing projects. Hope you are well.

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Congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter in 2024. How joyous for you both. I am glad your father is still with you.

I lost my father April 7, 2023, so my birthday always has a tinge of loss. But all else is well, particularly with my writing. Take care, always’. Syl

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Looking forward to Gladiator II next spring. I’ll be in NYC for a quick Thanksgiving visit, and In May 2025, Will and I will be meeting up in Louisville. I’ll still watch the Derby on the TV screen, and get all the instant replays; but I will see my step-grandchildren and meet my step-granddaughter,Tiffany, who will have turned two years old. All of them Harry and Maya’s children, all five!, now back in the states, and living year-round in Kentucky.

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This photo from Woodbury graduation in 1970 is dedicated to my bangs which I will love forever, — I am beginning to grow them out again in July of 2024, at the whim of stylist fashions. I grew them out in1970, and I am growing them out again. May they tuck behind my ears by Halloween.

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Happy Birthday, Chrys! Stay cool and frosty. Flagstaff is cooler in this heat than Las Vegas, so I hope you are in Flagstaff.

Maybe I’ll write more on the fourth, tomorrow.

Take care,

Sylvia

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Happiest of birthdays, Paula Lawson (Leshane)!!!!!! You look elegant, as ever. Underneath is the most fun, giggly, wave jumping, reading to grandchildren, excellent printing and quipping soul on earth……..

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Have a great, beautiful Birthday and enjoy several more trips around the Sun!

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Happy Belated, dear Shelley. I hope you had a wonderful elegant dinner together.

Weren't you very close to being class valedictorian? I remember thinking, back in Shaker, senior year, that for smartest girl, anything we ever both tried for, you would win; unless possibly it were a costume party complete with Venetian masks...... and you couldn't be bothered.

Thus began my opting out of AP math and going as full Bohemian as the anti-war movement would allow. Now, some 50 years later, I am so splendidly proud of how brilliant you must have been, as your father's daughter, to never dumb yourself down for popularity or the easy answer. Congratulations on your children and your family, and for tracking me down (in rehab!) for my second knee replacement)...... I will head back to the Cape in April, once they clear me for mobility.

I am so glad you wrote. So glad you understand about fathers. So glad you had a candle burning. It will help me this April 7th, on my Dad's yhartzeit.

The quiet integrity of doing the right thing,

Isn't that funny? I am sure Sid and Howard knew each other, and respected each other, and were able at least once to roll their eyes together over.... daughters!!

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I lost my beautiful Dad, Sid Peck, about a year ago, April 7, 2023, and just couldn't speak of it. Paula, I did see you were looking for me, but I just couldn't come up with any words for the big hole he left. I know I should have written some sort of tribute-- but i just stayed limp and quiet. Anyway-/ good wishes to all and thanks for my birthday greetings. I am about to be wheeled into surgery for a left knee replacement at Mass General, so --- waving to the shaker lakes.... and please someone wish Shelley M. a happy birthday March 18th for me ....Sylvia

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Sylvia, belated happy birthday. Best wishes for a wonderful year filled with health and great writings. Stay safe and be well.

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