Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers

Author 43 · 1972 – 2011 · 📖 43

Walter Dean Myers was an American writer best known for young adult literature. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and raised in Harlem, New York City. A difficult childhood inspired him to write, and his teachers encouraged writing as a way to express himself. Myers wrote more than one hundred books, including picture books and nonfiction. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. His 1988 novel Fallen Angels is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S. due to its adult language and its realistic portrayal of the Vietnam War.

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Fiction JUVENILE FICTION children's fiction African Americans African Americans -- Fiction

Highlights

Kick

Kick

2011

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

2011

Lockdown

Lockdown

2010

Frequent Collaborators

Naomi Shihab Nye

3 shared

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson

2 shared

William Shakespeare

2 shared

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

2 shared

Alice Walker

2 shared

Toni Cade Bambara

2 shared

All decades 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

📖 Books

Kick

Kick

author

2011

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick

author

2011

Lockdown

Lockdown

author

2010

Dope Sick

Dope Sick

author

2009

Game

Game

author

2008

Sunrise over Fallujah

Sunrise over Fallujah

author

2007

What They Found

What They Found

author

2007

Jazz

Jazz

author

2006

Street Love

Street Love

author

2006

Autobiography of my dead brother

Autobiography of my dead brother

author

2005

Shooter

Shooter

author

2004

Beast

Beast

author

2003

The dream bearer

The dream bearer

author

2003

Handbook for Boys

Handbook for Boys

author

2002

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

author

2002

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Reader's Companion--Silver

author

2002

The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues

The journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro leagues

author

2001

Patrol

Patrol

author

2001

Color of Absence

Color of Absence

author

2001

145th Street

145th Street

author

2000

The blues of Flats Brown

The blues of Flats Brown

author

2000

Monster

Monster

author

1999

Slam!

Slam!

author

1996

Shadow of the Red Moon

Shadow of the Red Moon

author

1995

The story of the three kingdoms

The story of the three kingdoms

author

1995

Darnell Rock reporting

Darnell Rock reporting

author

1994

The Glory Field

The Glory Field

author

1993

Somewhere in the Darkness

Somewhere in the Darkness

author

1992

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner

author

1992

Scorpions

Scorpions

author

1990

Scorpions

Scorpions

author

1988

Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid

Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid

author

1988

Crystal

Crystal

author

1987

It Ain't All for Nothin'

It Ain't All for Nothin'

author

1985

Motown and Didi

Motown and Didi

author

1984

Fallen angels

Fallen angels

author

1984

The Outside Shot

The Outside Shot

author

1984

Won't know till I get there

Won't know till I get there

author

1982

Hoops

Hoops

author

1981

The young landlords

The young landlords

author

1979

It ain't all for nothin'

It ain't all for nothin'

author

1978

Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff

Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff

author

1975

The dragon takes a wife

The dragon takes a wife

author

1972

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