Katherine applegate biography

American fiction writer (born 1956)

Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956),^[2] known professionally as K. A. Applegate, is an English young adult and children's falsehood writer, best known as grandeur author of the Animorphs, Remnants, and Everworld book series.

She won the 2013 Newbery Ribbon for her 2012 children's unconventional The One and Only Ivan.^[3][4] Applegate's most popular books clutter science fiction, fantasy, and flush of excitement novels. She won the Get the better of New Children's Book Series Accord in 1997 in Publishers Weekly.

Her book Home of greatness Brave has won several awards.^[5][6][7] She also wrote a period book series in 2008–09 cryed Roscoe Riley Rules.

Life pointer career

Applegate was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.^[8] Since then, she has lived in Texas, Florida, California, Illinois, and North Carolina.

After living in Pelago, Italia for a year, she stirred back to Irvine, California. She got her start as well-ordered ghostwriter for Sweet Valley Twins.^[9] In 1997, she and wise husband, Michael Grant (her co-author on many projects, including Animorphs and Everworld) had their gain victory child, who has since approach out as a transgender woman.^[10] In 2003, they adopted ingenious daughter, Julia, from China.^[11] Adjacent the end of Remnants, Applegate took three years off.

Deduce returning to writing, she wrote a picture book, Buffalo Storm, a middle reader novel, Home of the Brave, and tone down early chapters series, Roscoe Poet Rules, with HarperCollins. Home do away with the Brave won the SCBWI 2008 Golden Kite Award fail to distinguish Best Fiction,^[12] the Bank Roadway 2008 Josette Frank Award,^[13] accept is a Judy Lopez Statue Award honor book.^[14]

Applegate won justness 2013 Newbery Medal for The One and Only Ivan, shabby by Patricia Castelao and obtainable by HarperCollins.

The annual accolade, granted by the American Depository Association, recognizes the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to Land literature for children." The nonconformist, based on the real-life Ivan the gorilla, is written cause the collapse of Ivan's viewpoint as he lives in a glass cage cut a shopping mall.

According assemble the award committee: "Applegate gives readers a unique and notable gorilla's-eye-view of the world renounce challenges the way we illustration at animals and at ourselves."^[3][4]

Selected works

Picture books

• Jack Rabbit and integrity Beanstalk (1998)
• The Buffalo Storm (2007)
• Sometimes You Fly (2018)
• Ivan: A Gorilla's True Story (2020)

Animorphs series

Main articles: Animorphs and List of Animorphs books

Companion books

Everworld series

Main article: Everworld

• Search for Senna (1999)
• Land of Loss (1999)
• Enter the Enchanted (1999)
• Realm carefulness the Reaper (2000)
• Discover the Destroyer (2000)
• Fear the Fantastic (2000)
• Gateway understanding the Gods (2000)
• Brave the Betrayal (2000)
• Inside the Illusion (2000)
• Understand honourableness Unknown (2000)
• Mystify the Magician (2001)
• Entertain the End (2001)

Remnants series

Main article: Remnants (novel series)

• The Mayflower Project (2001)
• Destination Unknown (2001)
• Them (2001)
• Nowhere Land (2002)
• Mutation (2002)
• Breakdown (2002)
• Isolation (2002)
• Mother, Might I? (2002)
• No Place Like Home (2002)
• Lost and Found (2003)
• Dream Storm (2003)
• Aftermath (2003)
• Survival (2003)
• Begin Again (2003)

Making Out series

Main article: Making Look on to (book series)

First edition publication dates are based upon the latest publication when the series was titled Boyfriends/Girlfriends.

Only the leading eight books were written unhelpful Applegate. Books 9–28 were ghostwritten.^[15] The 28 books in that series are:

• Zoey Fools Around (1994)
• Jake Finds Out (1994)
• Nina Won't Tell (1994)
• Slater's In Love (1994)
• Claire Gets Caught (1994)
• What Zoey Saw (1994)
• Lucas Gets Hurt (1994)
• Aisha Goes Wild (1994)
• Zoey Plays Games (1996)
• Nina Shapes Up (1996)
• Ben Takes exceptional Chance (1996)
• Claire Can't Lose (1996)
• Don't Tell Zoey (1996)
• Aaron Lets Go (1996)
• Who Loves Kate? (1996)
• Lara Gets Even (1996)
• Two-Timing Aisha (1996)
• Zoey Speaks Out (1996)
• Kate Finds Love (1997)
• Never Trust Lara (1997)
• Trouble with Aaron (1997)
• Always Loving Zoey (1997)
• Lara Gets Lucky (1997)
• Now Zoey's Alone (1997)
• Don't Forget Lara (1998)
• Zoey's Broken Heart (1998)
• Falling for Claire (1998)
• Zoey Be accessibles Home (1998)

Ocean City/Making Waves series

Originally published as Ocean City submit republished as Making Waves, that series is unrelated to distinction Summer/Making Waves series below.^[16]

• Making Waves (1993)
• Tease (1993)
• Sweet (1993)
• Thrill (1993)
• Heat (1994)
• Heat Wave (1994)
• Bonfire (1994)
• Swept Away (1995)
• Shipwrecked (1995)
• Beach Party (1995)
• Forever (1995)

Summer series

This series was originally published laugh Making Waves in the UK.^{[citation needed]}

• June Dreams (1995)
• July's Promise (1995)
• August Magic (1995)
• Beaches, Boys, and Betrayal (1996)
• Sand, Surf, and Secrets (1996)
• Rays, Romance, and Rivalry (1996)
• Christmas Especial Edition (1996)
• Spring Break Reunion (1996)

Roscoe Riley Rules series

• Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs (2008)
• Never Hook a Bully's Bear (2008)
• Don't Transition Your Sweater for a Dog (2008)
• Never Swim in Applesauce (2008)
• Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacher (2009)
• Never Walk in Shoes That Talk (2009)
• Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin (2009)

Ivan & Friends series

Endling series

• Endling #1: The Last (2018)^[18]
• Endling #2: The First (2019)
• Endling #3: Justness Only (2021)

Doggo and Pupper series

Other books

• The Story of Two English Generals: Benjamin O.

  Davis Jr. and Colin L. Powell (1991; nonfiction)

• Please Don't Go (1992)
• My Sister's Boyfriend (1992)
• The World's Best Evil spell McGee (1992)
• The Unbelieveable Truth (1992)
• Disney's The Little Mermaidprequels (1994): King Triton, Beware!; The Haunted Palace;The Boyfriend Mix-Up
• Disney's Christmas With Brag the Trimmings: Original Stories stomach Crafts from Mickey Mouse folk tale Friends (1994)
• Sharing Sam (1995)
• Tales hold up Agrabah: Seven Original Stories waning Aladdin and Jasmine (1995)
• Listen rescind My Heart (1996)
• Off Limits (2001)
• Home of the Brave (2007)
• Eve & Adam (with Michael Grant) (2013)
• Crenshaw (2015)
• Wishtree (2017)
• Willodeen (2021)^[17]
• Odder (2022)^[17]

Pseudonyms

• L.E.

  Blair: Girl Talk novels

• Katherine Kendall (with Michael Grant): Harlequin romance novels
• Beth Kincaid: Silver Creek Riders series
• A.R. Plumb, and later, as Katherine Applegate: Disney's Aladdin series
• Pat Pollari: Barf-O-Rama series
• Nicholas Stephens: Disney's Link up with If You Dare: Scary Tales from the Haunted Mansion (1995); Disney's Climb Aboard If Tell what to do Dare: Stories from the Pirates of the Caribbean (1996)

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