Walter Dean Myers is a writer of children's books best known for young literature. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem, New York City. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a way to express himself. He 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..

Myers was the third U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving in 2012 and 2013. He sat on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators.

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Walter Dean Myers

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