Walter Dean Myers Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature – Publisher’s Weekly – Sue Corbet

Myers’s international reputation rests on a body of work that is big, bold, and varied – picture books, lyric poetry, fantasy, biography, and, perhaps most notably, realistic fiction that does not blink when it comes to depicting the lives of America’s urban poor. It’s the needs of those teens, in particular, that Myers plans to focus on during his two-year term as ambassador.

He will be a leader in encouraging children and young adults that reading is important, as well as raising awareness to literature for all ages.