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Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers is the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award, the current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers has received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He is the author of two Newbery Honor Books and five Coretta Scott King Awardees. He is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and is a three-time National Book Award Finalist as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was the...

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	Crystal AER Sixteen-year-old Crystal knows she's blessed. She is drop-dead gorgeous...
	It Ain't All for Nothin' AER Life in Harlem isn't easy, but Tippy and his grandmother are doing okay....
	Street Love AER A story of star-crossed urban love by two–time National Book Award...

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Interview

Grew up in?
I grew up in Harlem, New York.

Childhood ambition?
As a child I wanted to be a professional athlete or lawyer.

Favorite sports team?
New York Giants

Book to take on a deserted island?
Platero and I, by Juan Ramon Jimenez

Favorite city?
New York is my favorite city.

Favorite CD?
This week it's Sao Vicente by Cesaria Evora

Where do you write?
I write in a small office at home.

Qualities you most admire?...

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