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Walter Dean Myers |
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Walter Dean Myers: Hello, my name is Walter Dean Myers. Actually it's Walter Milton Myers. I was given that name Walter Milton Myers at birth. When I published my second book, I decided to change my name to Walter Dean Myers because I was raised as a foster child by the Dean family.
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