Autobiography of My Dead Brother Resources

Here it is, folks: the author's website. Enjoy your visit to the land of all things Walter Dean Myers.

Here's the illustrator's bio, courtesy of his publisher. He's done some pretty fancy stuff during his career.

In 2005, the year the book was released, Myers wrote a personal piece for The New York Times about his life when he was fifteen, the same age as Jesse in Autobiography of My Dear Brother.

Christopher Myers, the illustrator, wrote a piece for The New York Times about the lack of diversity in children's literature. What do you think Jesse would think of this?

The author was a huge advocate for literacy before he died in 2014. Here's a segment on that work that appeared on PBS NewsHour.

Here's the author, Walter Dean Myers, with his son and collaborator, Christopher Myers, talking about another book that they collaborated on. Go team.

Listen to an excerpt from the Autobiography of My Dead Brother audiobook.

The author and the illustrator, who are father and son, recorded a family memory for StoryCorps. Aw…

Here he is, the one and only Walter Dean Myers.

Here's a picture of the father-son author and illustrator team.