Walter Dean Myers
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August 12, 1937
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Martinsburg, West Virginia, The United States
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Walter Dean Myers was born on August 12, 1937 in Martinsburg, West Virginia but moved to Harlem with his foster parents at age three. He was brought up and went to public school there. He attended Stuyvesant High School until the age of seventeen when he joined the army.
After serving four years in the army, he worked at various jobs and earned a BA from Empire State College. He has been writing full time since 1977.
Walter Dean Myers
Walter has been writing since childhood and publishing since 1969 when he won the Council on Interracial Books for Children contest which resulted in the publication of his first book for children, Where Does the Day Go?, by Parent's Magazine Press. Since then he has published over s...more
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Monster by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.68 — 2,809 ratings — published 2000 19 editions |
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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.90 — 825 ratings — published 1984 11 editions |
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Slam! by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.73 — 380 ratings — published 1996 4 editions |
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Scorpions (Newbery Honor Book) by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.69 — 333 ratings — published 1988 10 editions |
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Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.64 — 279 ratings — published 2008 4 editions |
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Shooter by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.64 — 272 ratings — published 2004 5 editions |
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Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.51 — 247 ratings — published 2001 7 editions |
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Hoops (Laurel Leaf Books) by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.65 — 197 ratings — published 1981 3 editions |
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Autobiography of My Dead Brother by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.94 — 144 ratings — published 2005 5 editions |
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The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers avg rating 3.71 — 151 ratings — published 1994 4 editions |
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"It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken"
— Walter Dean Myers (Scorpions)
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— Walter Dean Myers (Scorpions)
"Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths. "
— Walter Dean Myers (Scorpions)
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— Walter Dean Myers (Scorpions)
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