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Walter Dean Myers |
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Walter Dean Myers |
| Walter Dean Myers, was born in West Virginia but was raised by foster
parents in Harlem, the setting for many of his books. He earned a B.A.
degree from Empire State College, despite having dropped out of high school
in 1954.. He has received the Newbery Honor Award for "Somewhere
in the Darkness" and "Scorpions" and the Coretta Scott King Award for "Now
Is Your Time," Scorpions," "Motown and Didi: A Love Story" and "The Young
Landlords." Other honors include the "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Award,
American Library Association Margaret A. Edwards Award, New York Council
on Interracial Books for Children Award and numerous notable and best book
citations from the American Library Association. Most recently, "Harlem,"
a book of his poetry illustrated by his son, Christopher, was a Caldecott
Honor Book. He has said of his work, "Ultimately, what I want to
do with my writing is to make connections - to touch the lives of my characters
and, through them, those of my readers."
Walter Dean Myers lives with his wife, Constance, in Jersey City, New Jersey. This information is from: http://dept.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf/Myersbio.htm |
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