M. Scott Peck, M. D. , is a psychiatrist and bestselling author. Educated at Harvard (B. A.) and Case Western Reserve (M. D.), Dr. Peck served in administrative posts in the government during his career as a psychiatrist, and later in private practice. For nearly two decades, he has devoted much of his time and financial resources to the work of the Foundation for Community Encouragement, a nonprofit organization that he and his wife, Lily, helped found in 1984. He lives in northwestern Connecticut.