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Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia , but was raised in Harlem , New York City .
It is written in diary format, in the perspective of a young boy who resists poetry assignments from his teacher. [1] The author drew inspiration from Walter Dean Myers' poem, Love That Boy. [2] The book received good reviews [3] [4] and was a finalist for the 2001 Carnegie Medal as well as being commended at the 2002 Children's Book Awards.
In 2004, Walter Dean Myers published Here in Harlem, a collection of poems inspired by Spoon River Anthology. Since 2004, writer and songwriter Mariana Figueroa and artist and author Francisco Tomsich have worked on the Rio Cuchara project, a cycle of songs based on Spoon River Anthology poems. [18]
In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems, Eloise Greenfield (2003) In My Momma's Kitchen, Jerdine Nolen (1999) In the Spirit, Susan L. Taylor (1994) It Ain't All for Nothin', Walter Dean Myers (2003) I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Walter Dean Myers (2003)
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Jazz is a 2006 picture book by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers. The picture book is a collection of illustrations and rhyming text celebrating the roots of Jazz music. Synopsis
Walter Dean Myers (1937–2014), African American author of young adult literature; Walter Kendall Myers (born 1937), spy for Cuba who worked for the United States State Department; Walter Myers (physician) (1872–1901), British physician, toxicologist and parasitologist; Walter Myers Jr. (1914–1967), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff is a 1975 novel by Walter Dean Myers. It is about a boy, Stuff, moving to 116th Street Harlem , making friends with the neighborhood kids and the adventures they have.