Walter Dean Myers /

Burshtein, Karen.

Walter Dean Myers / Karen Burshtein. - 1st ed. - New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2004. - 112 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm. - The library of author biographies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-100) and index.

Discusses the life and work of the well-known author of award-winning young adult literature who grew up in Harlem as a foster child and struggled with his identity as an African American writer.

0823940209 (lib. bdg.) : $26.50

2003000635


Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-


American authors--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Young adult literature--Authorship.

PS3563.Y48 / Z59 2004

813/.54 B