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Walter Dean Myers
211 Total Resources 10 Lifetime Achievement Awards 123 Total Book Awards 76 Books
Our Original Resources 17
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
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Walter Dean Myers reads from Autobiography of My Dead Brother
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Walter Dean Myers reads from Bad Boy: A Memoir
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Fallen Angels
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Darius & Twig
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Slam!
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Somewhere in the Darkness
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Now Is Your Time!
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Motown and Didi
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Malcolm X
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about The Young Landlords
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Sunrise Over Fallujah
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Game
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Monster
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Walter Dean Myers about Lockdown
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Walter Dean Myers
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 30
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
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Walter Dean Myers reads from Autobiography of My Dead Brother
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Walter Dean Myers reads from Bad Boy: A Memoir
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, 2009, given by Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Children’s Literature Legacy Award Speech given by Christopher Myers on behalf of Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Fallen Angels
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Fallen Angels
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Interview with Christopher and Walter Dean Myers about We Are America
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about We Are America
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about We Are America
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Malcolm X
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Jazz
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Monster
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about We Are America
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Just Write
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about We Are America
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Dope Sick
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Lockdown
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Bad Boy
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about Autobiography of My Dead Brother
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Interview with Walter Dean Myers about The Harlem Hellfighters
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Lifetime Achievement Awards 10
![NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2003-2025](/images/awards/113.jpg)
NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2003-2025
Finalist, 2013
![NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2003-2025](/images/awards/113.jpg)
NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2003-2025
Finalist, 2009
![St. Katharine Drexel Award, 1970-2024](/images/list_sponsor_image/4444.jpg)
St. Katharine Drexel Award, 1970-2024
Winner, 2008
![NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2003-2025](/images/awards/113.jpg)
NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2003-2025
Finalist, 2007
![ALAN Award, 1976-2023](/images/awards/108.jpg)
ALAN Award, 1976-2023
Winner, 1994
Books by Walter Dean Myers 76
![Jazz](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823415457.jpg)
![Blues Journey](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0823416135.jpg)
![We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0060523085.jpg)
We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart
by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
30 Resources1 Award
![Harlem: A Poem](/media/bookimages/covers/7666_hi.jpg)
![Autobiography of My Dead Brother](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/006058291X.jpg)
![Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823418537.jpg)
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
23 Resources5 Awards
![Looking Like Me](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1606840010.jpg)
![Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0060277092.jpg)
Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
by Walter Dean Myers and Floyd Cooper
22 Resources3 Awards
![145th Street: Short Stories](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0385321376.jpg)
145th Street: Short Stories
20 Resources3 Awards
![Somewhere in the Darkness](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0590424114.jpg)
Somewhere in the Darkness
19 Resources4 Awards
![The Greatest: Muhammad Ali](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0590543431.jpg)
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali
18 Resources3 Awards
![Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0590987593.jpg)
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
18 Resources2 Awards
![The Blues of Flats Brown](/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0823414809.jpg)
![Amiri & Odette: A Love Story](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0590680412.jpg)
![Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0060283637.jpg)
![Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0525459707.jpg)
Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom
16 Resources2 Awards
![Monster: A Graphic Novel](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0062275003.jpg)
![Malcolm X: A Fire Burning Brightly](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0060277076.jpg)
![What They Found: Love on 145th Street](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0385321384.jpg)
What They Found: Love on 145th Street
15 Resources1 Award
![Angel to Angel: A Mother's Gift of Love](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0064462420.jpg)
Angel to Angel: A Mother's Gift of Love
15 Resources1 Award
![The Great Migration: An American Story](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0064434281.jpg)
![Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse](/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0064434559.jpg)
Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse
14 Resources1 Award
![Toussaint L'Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0689801262.jpg)
Toussaint L'Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom
by Walter Dean Myers and Jacob Lawrence
14 Resources2 Awards
![Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0140326138.jpg)
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
13 Resources1 Award
![Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0440403960.jpg)
Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid
13 Resources1 Award
![Glorious Angels: A Celebration of Children](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/006024822X.jpg)
Glorious Angels: A Celebration of Children
13 Resources1 Award
![Looking for the Easy Life](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0060543752.jpg)
Series by Walter Dean Myers1
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