Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers is an acclaimed poet and author of picture books, young adult novels, and non-fiction books for children. He has received the Newbery Honor Award twice for his books Somewhere in the Darkness and Scorpions; received the Coretta Scott King Award an admirable four times for Now Is Your Time, Scorpions, Motown and Didi: A Love Story, and The Young Landlords; and the Caldecott Honor Award for Harlem, a book of poetry illustrated by his son, Christopher. Myers is also highly regarded for his body of work and its place in children’s literature. He received the Margaret A. Edwards award for outstanding literature for young adults and was the first recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for excellence in the field of multi-cultural literature.