Walter Milton Myers was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on August 12, 1937. 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. He died on July 1, 2014, following a brief illness, at the age of 76.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. He also won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. Printz Award for Monster, the first recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, and a recipient of the Margaret A. He was the winner of the first-ever Michael L. He also collaborated with his son Christopher, an artist, on a number of picture books for young readers including We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart and Harlem, which received a Caldecott Honor Award, as well as the teen novel Autobiography of My Dead Brother. His works include Fallen Angels, Bad Boy, Darius and Twig, Scorpions, Lockdown, Sunrise Over Fallujah, Invasion, Juba!, and On a Clear Day. He entered and won a 1969 contest sponsored by the Council on Interracial Books for Children, which led to the publication of his first book, Where Does the Day Go? During his lifetime, he wrote more than 100 fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. After completing his army service, he took a construction job and continued to write. He dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Army at the age of 17. He began writing stories while in his teens. When he was three years old, his mother died and his father sent him to live with Herbert and Florence Dean in Harlem, New York. Walter Dean Myers was born on Augin Martinsberg, West Virginia.
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