![]() ![]() Myers' life as a child centered on the neighborhood and the church. Myers later took "Dean" as his middle name in honor of his foster parents Florence and Herbert. Herbert Dean was an African-American man and his wife was a German and Native American woman who taught English at the local high school. Florence and Herbert Dean raised him in Harlem, New York City. At the age of three, Myers was given over to Florence Dean, the first wife of his biological father George Myers, and her husband Herbert. ![]() Walter Milton Myers was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on August 12 ![]() He also sat on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators ( SCBWI). National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving in 20. because of its adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War. His 1988 novel Fallen Angels is one of the books most frequently challenged in the U.S. He won the Coretta Scott King Award for African-American authors five times. He wrote more than one hundred books including picture books and nonfiction. A tough childhood led him to writing and his school teachers would encourage him in this habit as a way to express himself. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem. Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers Aug– July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. ![]()
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