![]() Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature, given by the American Library Association. Myers received two Newbery Honor Awards, five Coretta Scott King Awards, and was the winner of the first Michael L. His award-winning body of work includes Sunrise Over Fallujah, Fallen Angels, Monster, Somewhere in the Darkness, and Harlem. Myers (1937-2014) was a critically acclaimed author of books for young people, writing more than one hundred works during his 45-year writing career. ![]() View Resource Guide on Walter Dean Myers.Walter Dean Myers, 2012-2013 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, was the third writer to hold this position. During his two-year term, Myers traveled across America to promote his platform, “Reading is Not Optional.” ![]() Photo credit: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress. Walter Dean Myers, 2012-13 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. 2012-2013 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
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