As per our current Database, Walter Dean Myers has been died on Jul 1, 2014 (age 76).
When Walter Dean Myers die, Walter Dean Myers was 76 years old.
| Popular As | Walter Dean Myers |
| Occupation | Young Adult Author |
| Age | 76 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 12, 1937 (Martinsburg, WV) |
| Birthday | August 12 |
| Town/City | Martinsburg, WV |
| Nationality | WV |
Walter Dean Myers’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Walter Dean Myers was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
National Book Award-winning author of young adult novels, he iss best known for Fallen Angels, a book unique among others in its genre for its use of adult language and its realistic portrayal of war.
He began serving in the U.S. Army at the age of seventeen. His first work, The Life of a Harlem Man, was published in 1968.
Fallen Angels, as well as two of his other novels, Hoops (1981) and Fast Sam, Cool Clyde and Stuff (1975), appeared, at one point, on the ALA's list of banned books. He became the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for the Library of Congress.
He was born in West Virginia and was raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. He later settled in New Jersey with his wife and child. His son, Christopher Myers, also became an Illustrator and author.
He was mentioned in the poetic novella Love that Dog, by Sharon Creech.
