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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Best-selling author Walter Dean Myers has received two Newbery Honors and was the first ever recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. At a young age, Lil J. Skin started stealing pain pills from his mom whenever he started to feel stressed-but now he's g... SEE MORE