Walter Dean Myers
1937 - 2014
General Information
Bio
(1937-2014) Author. Walter Dean Myers was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Full Name
Walter Dean Myers
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Mr. Myers attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, New York.
1937
BIRTH
Walter Milton Myers was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on August 12, 1937.
1939
RESIDENCE
When Mr. Myers was a very small child his mother died and he was sent to live with his father's first wife, Florence Dean, and her husband, Herbert Dean, in Harlem, Manhattan, New York. Mr. Myers took the pen name Walter Dean Myers in their honor.
1969
LITWORK
Where Does The Day Go?
Parents' Magazine Press
0819303178 / 978-0819303172
Children's book.
Parents' Magazine Press
0819303178 / 978-0819303172
Children's book.
1986
LITWORK
The Outside Shot
Perfection Learning
0812448995 / 978-0812448993
Novel for young readers.
Perfection Learning
0812448995 / 978-0812448993
Novel for young readers.
1996
LITWORK
Slam!
Scholastic
0614253845 / 978-0614253849
Novel for young readers.
Scholastic
0614253845 / 978-0614253849
Novel for young readers.
1999
LITWORK
Monster
Harper Collins Publishers
0060280778 / 978-0060280772
Novel for young readers.
Harper Collins Publishers
0060280778 / 978-0060280772
Novel for young readers.
2001
LITWORK
Bad Boy
Amistad
0060295244 / 978-0060295240
Memoir.
Amistad
0060295244 / 978-0060295240
Memoir.
2008
LITWORK
Fallen Angels
Perfection Learning
0756987970 / 978-0756987978
Novel for young readers.
Perfection Learning
0756987970 / 978-0756987978
Novel for young readers.
2008
LITWORK
Game
HarperTeen
0060582944 / 978-0060582944
Novel for young readers.
HarperTeen
0060582944 / 978-0060582944
Novel for young readers.
2010
LITWORK
Lockdown
Amistad
0061214809 / 978-0061214806
Novel for young readers.
Amistad
0061214809 / 978-0061214806
Novel for young readers.
2012
LITWORK
Just Write: Here's How!
HarperTeen
0062203894 / 978-0062203892
Instructional.
HarperTeen
0062203894 / 978-0062203892
Instructional.
2012
LITWORK
Hoops
Ember
0307976114 / 978-0307976116
Novel for young readers.
Ember
0307976114 / 978-0307976116
Novel for young readers.
2014
DEATH
Walter Dean Myers died at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, New York, on July 1, 2014.
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