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Walter Dean Myers
American children's book author (–)
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, – July 1, ) 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. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a way to express himself.
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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.[1] His novel Fallen Angels is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S.
because of its adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War.
Myers was the third U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving in and [2] He also sat on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators (SCBWI).
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