Sims has authored two of the earliest publication on the subject of Kwanzaa. The first was the Kwanzaa Handbook and the second; The Kwanzaa Kids Learn the Seven Principles. An avid poet and writer of short fiction, he has completed a collection of new American Tall Tales, Rife Powers, and Other Too Tall Tales, and a critically acclaimed novel Living Just A Little.

He co- authored the graphic novel, Brotherman Revelation with his illustrator brother, Dawud Anyabwile. Sims also wrote the graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers’ award-winning youth novel, Monster. 

BAD BOY: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR

A gripping graphic memoir adaptation of iconic, multi-award-winning author Walter Dean Myers’s autobiography, telling the story of his coming-of-age in Harlem, adapted by Guy A. Sims and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile.

Legendary author Walter Dean Myers was once a troublemaker and a truant.

Just how bad was he? From instigating mischievous pranks at home to fighting in the classroom—especially when teased about his speech impediment—irrepressible Walter was more than a handful. Underneath it all, he had a tremendous love for books, and by high school he longed to become a writer. But financial troubles at home made him feel his options were so limited that he dropped out of school. Still, his desire to write was as irrepressible as Walter himself. If he could only be given the chance…

Walter recounts what growing up in Harlem was like in the 1940s and 1950s—when seeing Langston Hughes and Sugar Ray Robinson on the street was the norm and Jackie Robinson ruled the baseball field.

Gripping. Funny. Heartbreaking. Walter Dean Myers’s memoir is unforgettable. This is the award-winning story of one of the strongest voices in children’s and young adult literature.  Walter Dean Myers’s memoir is unforgettable. This is the award-winning story of one of the strongest voices in children’s and young adult literature.