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 ...

NEARY: Walter Dean Myers won numerous awards and in 2010 was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. He traveled around the country, promoting the importance of books.

Myers was one of the most highly decorated authors of this era. According to a press release from publisher HarperCollins, “Walter Dean Myers wrote more than 100 books for children of all ages.

Myers was born Aug. 12, 1937, in Martinsburg, W.Va. He was a toddler when his mother died and his father gave him up to his first wife, Florence Dean, and her husband, Herbert, to raise in Harlem.

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 Dean Myers is the award-winning author of over 100 books, written especially for young adults and children. His goal: to get more children reading. Jeffrey Brown reports on how reading and ...

Walter Dean Myers, a best-selling and prolific children's author and tireless champion of literacy and education, has died. He was 76.

Walter Dean Myers spoke with PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown in July 2012 about that role, and his goal to get more children reading. Young adult and children’s author Walter Dean Myers has died ...

Walter Dean Myers, who writes books for children and young adults, was recently named the national ambassador for young people’s literature by the Library of Congress.

Walter Dean Myers will be ending his two-day tour in Kalamazoo with a speaking event at the Alma Powell Branch Library at 3 p.m. Wednesday, 1000 W. Paterson St.

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 ...