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(Walter Dean Myers was a writer of children's and young adult literature. He was born in West Virginia in 1937, but spent most of his childhood and young adulthood in Harlem. Suffering with a speech impediment, Myers cultivated a love of writing poetry and short stories and he acquired an early love of reading.
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Children's Fiction
Series
Arrow Adventures
Adventure in Granada (1985)
The Hidden Shrine (1985)
Ambush in the Amazon (1986)
Duel in the Desert (1986)
Adventure in Granada (1985)
The Hidden Shrine (1985)
Ambush in the Amazon (1986)
Duel in the Desert (1986)
18 Pine St
4. The Test (1992)
12. Taking Sides (1994)
The Party (1992)
Sort of Sisters (1992)
The Prince (1992)
Sky Man (1993)
Fashion By Tasha (1993)
Intensive Care (1993)
Dangerous Games (1993)
Cindy's Baby (1993)
Kwame's Girl (1994)
Diary (1994)
4. The Test (1992)
12. Taking Sides (1994)
The Party (1992)
Sort of Sisters (1992)
The Prince (1992)
Sky Man (1993)
Fashion By Tasha (1993)
Intensive Care (1993)
Dangerous Games (1993)
Cindy's Baby (1993)
Kwame's Girl (1994)
Diary (1994)
Novels
The Dancers (1972)
Fly, Jimmy, Fly! (1974)
Victory for Jamie (1977)
Brainstorm (1977)
Mojo and the Russians (1977)
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff (1978)
It Ain't All for Nothin' (1978)
The Black Pearl and the Ghost (1980)
Hoops (1981)
The Legend of Tarik (1981)
Won't Know Till I Get There (1982)
The Nicholas Factor (1983)
Tales of a Dead King (1983)
The Young Landlords (1984)
The Outside Shot (1984)
Motown and Didi (1984)
Sweet Illusions (1986)
Crystal (1987)
The Fallen Angels (1988)
Scorpions (1988)
Me, Mop & Moondance (1988)
The Mouse Rap (1990)
Somewhere in the Darkness (1992)
Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights (1992)
The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner (1992)
Darnell Rock Reporting (1994)
The Glory Field (1994)
Shadow of the Red Moon (1995)
Slam! (1996)
Monster (1999)
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins (1999)
Journal of Biddy Owens (2001)
Three Swords for Granada (2002)
Handbook for Boys (2002)
Fighter (2003)
Dream Bearer (2003)
The Beast (2003)
Shooter (2004)
Autobiography of My Dead Brother (2005)
Street Love (2006)
Harlem Summer (2007)
Game (2008)
Sunrise Over Fallujah (2008)
Dope Sick (2009)
Riot (2009)
Lockdown (2010)
Kick (2011) (with Ross Workman)
Carmen (2011)
All the Right Stuff (2012)
Darius & Twig (2013)
Invasion (2013)
On a Clear Day (2014)
Juba! (2015)
Fly, Jimmy, Fly! (1974)
Victory for Jamie (1977)
Brainstorm (1977)
Mojo and the Russians (1977)
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff (1978)
It Ain't All for Nothin' (1978)
The Black Pearl and the Ghost (1980)
Hoops (1981)
The Legend of Tarik (1981)
Won't Know Till I Get There (1982)
The Nicholas Factor (1983)
Tales of a Dead King (1983)
The Young Landlords (1984)
The Outside Shot (1984)
Motown and Didi (1984)
Sweet Illusions (1986)
Crystal (1987)
The Fallen Angels (1988)
Scorpions (1988)
Me, Mop & Moondance (1988)
The Mouse Rap (1990)
Somewhere in the Darkness (1992)
Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights (1992)
The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner (1992)
Darnell Rock Reporting (1994)
The Glory Field (1994)
Shadow of the Red Moon (1995)
Slam! (1996)
Monster (1999)
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins (1999)
Journal of Biddy Owens (2001)
Three Swords for Granada (2002)
Handbook for Boys (2002)
Fighter (2003)
Dream Bearer (2003)
The Beast (2003)
Shooter (2004)
Autobiography of My Dead Brother (2005)
Street Love (2006)
Harlem Summer (2007)
Game (2008)
Sunrise Over Fallujah (2008)
Dope Sick (2009)
Riot (2009)
Lockdown (2010)
Kick (2011) (with Ross Workman)
Carmen (2011)
All the Right Stuff (2012)
Darius & Twig (2013)
Invasion (2013)
On a Clear Day (2014)
Juba! (2015)
Collections
Brown Angels (poems) (1993)
Glorious Angels (poems) (1995)
Smiffy Blue Ace Crime Detective (1996)
Harlem : A Poem (poems) (1997)
145th Street (2000)
One Hundred Forty-Fifth Street Stories (2001)
A Time to Love (2003)
Here in Harlem (poems) (2004)
What They Found (2007)
New York Draft Riot Poetry (poems) (2009)
Glorious Angels (poems) (1995)
Smiffy Blue Ace Crime Detective (1996)
Harlem : A Poem (poems) (1997)
145th Street (2000)
One Hundred Forty-Fifth Street Stories (2001)
A Time to Love (2003)
Here in Harlem (poems) (2004)
What They Found (2007)
New York Draft Riot Poetry (poems) (2009)
Plays
Picture Books
The Golden Serpent (1980)
Mr. Monkey and the Gotcha Bird (1984)
The Dragon Takes a Wife (1995)
How Mr Monkey Saw the Whole World (1996)
The Great Migration (1999)
Jazz (2006)
Looking Like Me (2009)
Looking for the Easy Life (2011)
Frederick Douglass (2017)
Mr. Monkey and the Gotcha Bird (1984)
The Dragon Takes a Wife (1995)
How Mr Monkey Saw the Whole World (1996)
The Great Migration (1999)
Jazz (2006)
Looking Like Me (2009)
Looking for the Easy Life (2011)
Frederick Douglass (2017)
Graphic Novels
Novellas
Series contributed to
Non fiction
The World of Work (1975)
Social Welfare (1976)
Now Is Your Time! (1991)
A Place Called Heartbreak (1992)
Young Martin's Promise (1992)
Malcolm X (1993)
One More River to Cross (1995)
Toussaint L'ouverture (1996)
The Greatest (1997)
Amistad (1998)
Angel to Angel (1998)
At Her Majesty's Request (1999)
The Blues of Flats Brown (2000)
Bad Boy (2001)
Patrol (2002)
Blues Journey (2003)
I've Seen the Promised Land (2003)
USS Constellation (2004)
Antarctica (2004)
The Harlem Hellfighters (2005)
We Are America (2008)
Ida B. Wells (2008)
Muhammad Ali: The People's Champion (2009)
Just Write: Here's How (2012)
An African Princess (2014)
Social Welfare (1976)
Now Is Your Time! (1991)
A Place Called Heartbreak (1992)
Young Martin's Promise (1992)
Malcolm X (1993)
One More River to Cross (1995)
Toussaint L'ouverture (1996)
The Greatest (1997)
Amistad (1998)
Angel to Angel (1998)
At Her Majesty's Request (1999)
The Blues of Flats Brown (2000)
Bad Boy (2001)
Patrol (2002)
Blues Journey (2003)
I've Seen the Promised Land (2003)
USS Constellation (2004)
Antarctica (2004)
The Harlem Hellfighters (2005)
We Are America (2008)
Ida B. Wells (2008)
Muhammad Ali: The People's Champion (2009)
Just Write: Here's How (2012)
An African Princess (2014)
Awards
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