# Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers. Recorded on 2001-09-08. Kids, Families. Researchers. Teachers. Walter Dean Myers's ideas for more than 70 books for young people come from his own background and interests. He is the author of "Monster," which was the 2000 Michael Printz winner, 2000 Coretta Scott King Honor book and the 1999 Boston Horn Book Fiction Honor. In addition, he won two Newbery Honor Book Awards for "Scorpions" and "Somewhere in the Darkness." He is also a two-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for "Now Is Your Time!" and "Fallen Angels." Myers also received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature. Recent publications include "At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England," "Blues of Flats Brown" and "Journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro Leagues." Myers resides in Jersey City, N.J.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2001
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692053/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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