Walter Dean Myers, A 'Bad Boy' Makes Good

Aug 19th, 2008 · Growing up, the only authors Walter Dean Myers read in school were white and British. But when he discovered Langston Hughes and Richard Wright, he realized that he, too, could be a writer. Now, Myers works to encourage the next generation.

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