Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is a writer of children's and young adult literature. Born in West Virginia in 1937, after his mother died, when Myers was only two, he was sent to live with foster parents. With these parents, Florence and Herbert Dean, Walter moved to Harlem. The Deans were good to Myers, and as an adult he took their last name as his own middle name, to honor them. Myers spent most of his young adult life in Harlem. "Harlem became my home and the place where my first impressions of the world were set," says Myers. He also suffered with a speech impediment, but cultivated a habit of writing short stories, as well as poetry and acquired an early love of reading.Walter Dean Myers discovered he loved to write when he was in fifth grade. His teacher required that all her students read in front of the class. Myers froze with fear at the thought, because of his speech impediment which made communicating difficult for him; and the result was that Myers often found......
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