01717oam 2200457 450 991013512100332120170523091600.01-4205-1177-7(OCoLC)866900228(MiFhGG)GVRL6NBG(EXLCZ)99378000000005709120130717d2014 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrWalter Dean Myers /by Elizabeth HooverDetroit :Lucent Books,2014.1 online resource (96 pages) illustrations (chiefly color)People in the NewsIncludes index.1-4205-0859-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: One-man movement -- ch 1. The secret joy of books -- ch 2. A rocky start to a writing career -- ch 3. A writer's life -- ch 4. Pain and possibility on the streets of Harlem -- ch 5. From the real to the realer -- ch 6. An ambassador for reading.Profiles the life and career of the groundbreaking African-American children's and young adults' author, Walter Dean Myers.People in the news (San Diego, Calif.)Authors, American20th centuryBiographyYoung adult literatureAuthorshipAfrican American authorsBiographyAuthors, AmericanYoung adult literatureAuthorship.African American authors813/.54Hoover Elizabeth1240410MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910135121003321Walter Dean Myers2877734UNINA