Walter Dean Myers Author Study “Anytime Myers steps to the
plate, you know there’s a chance he’ll hit it out of the park.”
— Booklist, starred review - Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 An author
study is an excellent way to investigate and celebrate the work
of a writer. |Click here to watch a video of Walter Dean Myers
discussing language.| Walter Dean Myers is the critically
acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of more than eighty
books for children and young adults, including Sunrise Over
Fallujah, Fallen Angels, Monster, Somewhere in the Darkness,
Slam!, Jazz, and Harlem. Mr. Myers has received two Newbery
Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, and the inaugural
recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for
Lifetime Achievement. In addition, he was the winner of the
first Michael L. Printz Award and the 1994 recipient of the
American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award
honoring an author for a "significant and lasting contribution
to young adult literature." He is considered on