Walter Dean Myers from HarperCollins Publishers
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Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers is a New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author who has garnered much respect and admiration for his fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. Winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award, he is considered one of the preeminent writers for children. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.


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Books
Kick Kick
Lockdown Lockdown
When I first got to Progress, it freaked me out to be locked in a room...
Dope Sick Dope Sick
The itch starts when things get too heavy for Lil J. Skin popping or...

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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