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Alice Peck

Specialties: Consciousness, nature, memoir, Buddhism, and layperson’s neuroscience.
If you are a careful reader of acknowledgment pages or “special thanks” credits, you’ll see Alice has over twenty-five years of experience guiding authors at all stages—from concept to polished pages.
She has edited and cowritten books by Buddhist teachers including Rebecca Li (Silent Illumination), Loch Kelly (The Way of Effortless Mindfulness), Miles Neale (Return with Elixir), Bonnie Myotai Treace (Winter Moon), and Kimberly Brown (Happy Relationships) as well as Adyashanti (The Direct Way and The Most Important Thing).
Forthcoming titles include Between Two Worlds: A Psychiatrist & Her Son’s Quest for Compassionate Care by Ellen L. Bassuk, MD and DM Schoonover (Bloomsbury), Mystic Nomad by Annette Knopp (Monkfish), Meditative Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis as a Path to Freedom by Jeffrey B. Rubin, Ph.D. (Routledge), and Return with the Elixir: Journey to Reclaim the Soul by Miles Neale (Inner Traditions).
She occasionally ventures into literary fiction—recently as a developmental editor of Amy Neff’s The Days I Loved You Most (Park Row).
Recent nonfiction includes Psychedelic Revival: Toward a New Paradigm of Healing by Sean P. Lawlor (Sounds True), This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda by Cindy Rasicot (Windhorse,) Heal Your Gut, Save Your Brain by Partha Nandi, MD (Mayo Clinic), and Just Ask Spirit by Sherianna Boyle (Simon & Schuster).
Alice is the author of several books about mindfulness and nature published by Simon & Schuster, most recently Walking with the Seasons.
Before focusing exclusively on publishing, Alice acquired books and developed scripts for film and television.
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Email: AlicePeckEdits@iCloud.com