The Earl Morgan Hour w/ New York Times Author Walter Dean Myers

Award-winning journalist Earl Morgan spends an hour discussing current events, his favorite books and interviewing engaging special guests.

Award-winning journalist Earl Morgan spends an hour discussing current events, his favorite books and interviewing engaging special guests.

This week we are joined by Walter Dean Myers, the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award, the 2012-2013 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. He is the author of two Newbery Honor books and five Coretta Scott King Awardees. In addition, he is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was the 2010 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.