Richard B. Pelzer

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Richard Bryan Pelzer (June 16, 1965 – September 13, 2019) was an American public speaker, memoirist and author. He was the author of and its follow up, .

Biography[]

Pelzer was the fourth of five sons of Stephen Pelzer and Catherine Roerva. He received his bachelor's degree in child and adolescent development from Southern New Hampshire University in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

He was divorced with four children.

Pelzer published his memoir, A Brother's Journey, an account of the story of his young adult life. Pelzer was also the author of A Teenager's Journey, which recounts his teenage years. His brother, Dave Pelzer, was severely abused by his mother when he was a child.

Controversy[]

Pelzer and his brother Dave Pelzer, who wrote A Child Called "It" about his own abuse by his mother, have raised questions about each's depictions of their childhoods. Articles in the New York Times,^[1] and Slate^[2] have expressed skepticism of claims made by Dave Pelzer.

Bibliography[]

Pelzer wrote two memoirs about the abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of his mother.

• A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse. Warner Books. 2005. ISBN 978-0-446-53368-3.
• A Teenager's Journey: Overcoming a Childhood of Abuse. Little, Brown Book Group. 2006. ISBN 978-0-316-73138-6.

References[]

Resources[]

• Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006.