Walter Dean Myers is the New York Times bestselling author of the first Michael L. Printz Award winner, Monster, and served as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature from 2012 to 2013. He is also the author of 145th Street and Hoops. He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family. You can visit Walter online at walterdeanmyers.net.
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Martyr. Prophet. Hustler. Dealer. Troublemaker. Revolutionary. A BIOGRAPHY BY As a fourteen-year-old he was Malcolm Little, the president of his class and a top student. At sixteen he was hustling tips at a Boston nightclub. In Harlem he was known as ... SEE MORE