Gerald Peckham

Gerald Peckham was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana. Served twenty-six years in the U.S. Army (1986-2012). His first non-fiction book "The Heart of a Shepherd" (2008), the encounter of a spiritual vision that comes to him, as he prayed over his Grandmother, who passed away from Alzheimer's disease.In 2008, while serving his second tour in Iraq, co-authored his second book "Beyond Envy",(2008), Eddie Fiorenza suffered eighty-five percent burns to his body during a accident at work. Eddie's mother documented Eddie's story in a manuscript with the intentions to share Eddie's remarkable story. In 1994, Eddie's mother had passed away before her book Beyond Envy. Eddie and Gerald paths crossed eachother in Iraq, and now Eddie's story can be told. While recovering from PTSD and learning about self-help, he wrote "Zipped Tied Boots" (2010), a story of a Soldier as a patient at Poplar Springs Hospital. A Soldier's story about true sacrifice and one of the most difficult jobs as a Mortuary Affairs Sergeant in Iraq.