![]() ![]() "I see so many of these kids who need an older person around them, a mentor. Myers now has more than 100 books to his name, including the New York Times bestseller " Monster." And in his latest book, " Just Write: Here's How!" he offers advice to his many young fans. ![]() He also took to heart advice from a teacher to "keep writing." ![]() So how did he become one of the most respected writers of young adult fiction?ĭespite the chaos around him, Myers was able to nurture his love of books in the George Bruce Branch of the New York Public Library on West 125th street, immersing himself in French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac and novelist Ernest Hemingway. Myers was soon getting into trouble with the police regularly and he eventually dropped out of high school. If I can do this, so can they." Author Walter Dean Myers "I am determined to use my life as a template for these kids. "My family could barely afford to keep me in high school." "I started to understand that even though I was good at school and loved to read, college wouldn't be a possibility for me," he writes. ![]() His uncle was murdered when he was 14, sending his foster father spiraling into deep depression and alcoholism, and bringing down the entire family - and Myers' chances of going to college. Growing up in Harlem in the 1940s, Walter Dean Myers didn't have it easy. Author Walter Dean Myers tours his old Harlem neighborhood in New York. Facebook Email This article is more than 10 years old. ![]()
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