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Bishop, Rudine Sims. Presenting Walter Dean Myers. Boston: Twayne, 1990. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Myers's life and literary works up to the 1990s.
Brown, Jennifer M. "Walter Dean Myers Unites Two Passions." Publishers Weekly 246, no. 12 (March 22, 1999): 45. Highlights how Myers blends storytelling with vintage photographs in his latest books.
Carton, Debbie. Booklist 95, no. 17 (May 1, 1999): 1587. In her review of Monster, Carton states, "The tense drama of the courtroom scenes will enthrall readers, but it is the thorny moral questions raised in Steve's journal that will endure in readers' memories."
Lane, R. D. "'Keepin' It Real': Walter Dean Myers and the Promise of African American Children's Literature." African American Review 32, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 125-38. Discusses how Myers's books inspire African American children to think creatively about their lives. "Myers's fictional characters are intended to advance a singular voice derived from collective nonfictional experiences tempered by an urban landscape."
Micklos, John. "Author Walter Dean Myers Stresses Realism in His Writing." Reading Today 8, no. 4 (February-March 1991): 38. Explores Myers's motivations and his target audience.
Myers, Walter Dean. "Let Us Celebrate the Children." Horn Book 66 (January-February 1990): 46-47. Myers emphasizes the importance of children and the need to improve their lives.
Raymond, Allen. "Walter Dean Myers: A 'Bad Kid' Who Makes Good." Teaching K-8 (October 1989): 53-55. Provides insight into Myers's perspectives on his work and his audience.
Bibliography
Bishop, Rudine Sims. Presenting Walter Dean Myers. Boston: Twayne, 1991. Brief monograph meant to introduce readers to Myers and his work, providing serious analysis of the novels and of young adult literature generally.
Doughty, Terri. “Locating Harry Potter in the ’Boys’ Market.” In The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon, edited by Lana A. Whited. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2002. Compares the gritty—albeit experimental—realism of Monster to the fantasy setting of the Harry Potter novels of J. K. Rowling.
Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Walter Dean Myers: A Literary Companion. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2006. Extensive study of the author’s life and work, emphasizing the literary analysis of those characteristics of his fiction that are of particular interest to young adult readers.
“Walter Dean Myers.” In Writers for Young Adults, edited by Ted Hipple. Vol. 2. New York: Scribner, 1997. Overview of Myers’s career and his place in the young adult canon.
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