About Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is a writer of children's and young adult literature. Walter Dean Myers was born in West Virgin 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.
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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 (1994)
12. Taking Sides (1994)
The Party (1992)
The Prince (1992)
Sort of Sisters (1992)
Cindy's Baby (1993)
Dangerous Games (1993)
Fashion By Tasha (1993)
Intensive Care (1993)
Sky Man (1993)
Diary (1994)
Kwame's Girl (1994)
4. The Test (1994)
12. Taking Sides (1994)
The Party (1992)
The Prince (1992)
Sort of Sisters (1992)
Cindy's Baby (1993)
Dangerous Games (1993)
Fashion By Tasha (1993)
Intensive Care (1993)
Sky Man (1993)
Diary (1994)
Kwame's Girl (1994)
Novels
The Dancers (1972)
Fly, Jimmy, Fly! (1974)
Brainstorm (1977)
Mojo and the Russians (1977)
Victory for Jamie (1977)
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff (1978)
It Ain't All for Nothin' (1978)
The Black Pearl and the Ghost: Or, One Mystery After Another (1980)
The Golden Serpent (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 Outside Shot (1984)
Motown and Didi (1984)
The Young Landlords (1984)
Sweet Illusions (1986)
Crystal (1987)
Scorpions (1988)
Me, Mop & Moondance (1988)
The Fallen Angels (1988)
The Mouse Rap (1990)
Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights (1992)
Somewhere in the Darkness (1992)
The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner (1992)
The Glory Field (1994)
Darnell Rock Reporting (1994)
Shadow of the Red Moon (1995)
The Story of the Three Kingdoms (1995)
Slam! (1996)
The Journal of Joshua Loper (1999)
Monster (1999)
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins (1999)
Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues (2001)
The Gifts We Bring #1 (2001)
Handbook for Boys (2002)
Three Swords for Granada (2002)
The Gifts We Bring #2 (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)
Fly, Jimmy, Fly! (1974)
Brainstorm (1977)
Mojo and the Russians (1977)
Victory for Jamie (1977)
Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff (1978)
It Ain't All for Nothin' (1978)
The Black Pearl and the Ghost: Or, One Mystery After Another (1980)
The Golden Serpent (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 Outside Shot (1984)
Motown and Didi (1984)
The Young Landlords (1984)
Sweet Illusions (1986)
Crystal (1987)
Scorpions (1988)
Me, Mop & Moondance (1988)
The Fallen Angels (1988)
The Mouse Rap (1990)
Mop, Moondance, and the Nagasaki Knights (1992)
Somewhere in the Darkness (1992)
The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner (1992)
The Glory Field (1994)
Darnell Rock Reporting (1994)
Shadow of the Red Moon (1995)
The Story of the Three Kingdoms (1995)
Slam! (1996)
The Journal of Joshua Loper (1999)
Monster (1999)
The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins (1999)
Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro Leagues (2001)
The Gifts We Bring #1 (2001)
Handbook for Boys (2002)
Three Swords for Granada (2002)
The Gifts We Bring #2 (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)
Collections
Brown Angels (poems) (1993)
Glorious Angels: A Celebration of Children (poems) (1995)
Smiffy Blue Ace Crime Detective: The Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories (1996)
Harlem : A Poem (poems) (1997)
145th Street (2000)
One Hundred Forty-Fifth Street Stories (2001)
A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament (2003)
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices (poems) (2004)
What They Found: Love On 145th Street (2007)
New York Draft Riot Poetry (poems) (2008)
Glorious Angels: A Celebration of Children (poems) (1995)
Smiffy Blue Ace Crime Detective: The Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories (1996)
Harlem : A Poem (poems) (1997)
145th Street (2000)
One Hundred Forty-Fifth Street Stories (2001)
A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament (2003)
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices (poems) (2004)
What They Found: Love On 145th Street (2007)
New York Draft Riot Poetry (poems) (2008)
Picture Books
Mr. Monkey and the Gotcha Bird (1984)
The Dragon Takes a Wife (1995)
How Mr Monkey Saw the Whole World (1996)
The Great Migration: An American Story (1999)
Jazz (2006)
The Dragon Takes a Wife (1995)
How Mr Monkey Saw the Whole World (1996)
The Great Migration: An American Story (1999)
Jazz (2006)
Non fiction
The World of Work: A Guide to Choosing a Career (1975)
Social Welfare (1976)
Now Is Your Time!: The African-american Struggle for Freedom (1991)
A Place Called Heartbreak: A Story of Vietnam (1992)
Young Martin's Promise (1992)
Malcolm X (1993)
One More River to Cross: An African American Photograph Album (1995)
Toussaint L'ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom (1996)
Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom (1997)
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali (1997)
Angel to Angel: A Mother's Gift of Love (1998)
At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England (1999)
The Blues of Flats Brown (2000)
Bad Boy: A Memoir (2001)
Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam (2002)
Blues Journey (2003)
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (2003)
USS Constellation (2004)
Antarctica: Journey to the South Pole (2004)
The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage (2006)
We Are America: Tribute from the Heart (2008)
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told (2008)
Social Welfare (1976)
Now Is Your Time!: The African-american Struggle for Freedom (1991)
A Place Called Heartbreak: A Story of Vietnam (1992)
Young Martin's Promise (1992)
Malcolm X (1993)
One More River to Cross: An African American Photograph Album (1995)
Toussaint L'ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom (1996)
Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom (1997)
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali (1997)
Angel to Angel: A Mother's Gift of Love (1998)
At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England (1999)
The Blues of Flats Brown (2000)
Bad Boy: A Memoir (2001)
Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam (2002)
Blues Journey (2003)
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (2003)
USS Constellation (2004)
Antarctica: Journey to the South Pole (2004)
The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage (2006)
We Are America: Tribute from the Heart (2008)
Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told (2008)
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