Walter Dean Myers, a celebrated author known for writing books about young African Americans, such as “Monster,” “Fallen Angels” and “Hoops,” has died. He was 76. “Walter’s many award-winning books do ...
The world of literature has suffered a great loss: YA author Walter Dean Myers has died at age 76. Myers was the author of award-winning favorites like Monster and Slam, teen fiction that fearlessly ...
New York Post: ‘MONSTER’ WRITER – WALTER DEAN MYERS KNOCKS OUT HIS 80TH
If you’re anywhere near middle-school age, chances are you’ve read “Hoops.” Or “Monster” or “Scorpions.” Or any of the many other books by Walter Dean Myers. His newest -and 80th – book came out this ...
This Dec. 13, 2010 file photo shows author Walter Dean Myers tours his old Harlem neighborhood in New York. Myers, a best-selling and prolific children’s author and tireless champion of literacy and ...
The world of literature has lost an important voice with the death of Young Adult author Walter Dean Myers. Myers was known for his insightful novels, which told the stories of young African American.
NEW YORK (AP) — Walter Dean Myers, a best-selling and prolific children’s author and tireless champion of literacy and education, has died. He was 76. Myers, a longtime resident of Jersey City, New ...
Los Angeles Times: Walter Dean Myers, celebrated young adult author, dies at 76
Author Walter Dean Myers meets some of his young fans in a classroom at a juvenile detention center in the South Bronx. Though the audience members walk in wearing prison jumpsuits and sit slumped in ...
Friends, family members, colleagues, and those otherwise touched by the work of Walter Dean Myers gathered at Symphony Space in Manhattan on March 9 for an evening of rich and decidedly up-tempo ...
Walter Dean Meyers, Author, Walter Dean Myers, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14 (150p) ISBN 978-0-385-30687-4 T.J., his younger brother Moondance and their best friend Mop are ...
New York Daily News: Walter Dean Myers, best-selling children’s author, dead at 76
Walter dean Myers, a longtime resident of Jersey City, New Jersey, died Tuesday at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan after a brief illness, publisher HarperCollins announced. A onetime ...