K. A. Applegate
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| Born | July 19, 1956 Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Children's novelist |
| Genres | Fantasy, Science fiction |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Grant |
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Katherine Alice Applegate (born July 19, 1956) is an American author, best known as the author of the Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld and other book series, although some of the books in these series are ghostwritten by other authors.[1] Applegate's most popular books are science fiction, fantasy, and adventure novels. She won the Best New Children's Book Series Award in 1997 in Publishers Weekly. Her book Home of the Brave has won two awards. She has recently written an early chapters series called Roscoe Riley Rules.
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[edit] Biography
Applegate was born in Michigan on July 19, 1956. Since then she has lived in Texas, Florida, California, Minnesota, Illinois, North Carolina, and after living in Pelago, Italy for a year, she has moved back to Irvine, in Southern California.[2] In 2003, she and her husband, Michael Grant, her co-author on many projects including Animorphs and Everworld, adopted their daughter, Julia, in China.[3] Following the end of Animorphs, Applegate took three years off. She is back at work and has written a picture book called Buffalo Storm, a middle reader novel called Home of the Brave and an early chapters series Roscoe Riley Rules with HarperCollins. Her book Home of the Brave has won the SCBWI 2008 Golden Kite Award for Best Fiction,[4] the Bank Street 2008 Josette Frank Award,[5] and is a Judy Lopez Memorial Award honor book.[6] In 2012 HarperCollins will publish her children's book The One and Only Ivan, which is written from the point of view of a silverback gorilla living in a cage in a mall/video arcade.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Recent works
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- The Buffalo Storm
- Roscoe Riley Rules
- Beach Blondes, A Summer Novel
- Tan Lines, A Summer Novel
[edit] Animorphs
[edit] Companion books
- Megamorphs 1: The Andalite's Gift
- Megamorphs 2: In the Time of Dinosaurs
- Megamorphs 3: Elfangor's Secret
- Megamorphs 4: Back to Before
- The Andalite Chronicles
- The Hork-Bajir Chronicles
- The Ellimist Chronicles
- Visser (novel)
- Alternamorphs 1: The First Journey (ghostwritten)
- Alternamorphs 2: The Next Passage (ghostwritten)
[edit] Remnants
- The Mayflower Project
- Destination Unknown
- Them
- Nowhere Land
- Mutation
- Breakdown
- Isolation
- Mother, May I?
- No Place Like Home
- Lost and Found
- Dream Storm
- Aftermath
- Survival
- Begin Again
[edit] Everworld
- Everworld #1: Search for Senna
- Everworld #2: Land of Loss
- Everworld #3: Enter the Enchanted
- Everworld #4: Realm of the Reaper
- Everworld #5: Discover the Destroyer
- Everworld #6: Fear the Fantastic
- Everworld #7: Gateway to the Gods
- Everworld #8: Brave the Betrayal
- Everworld #9: Inside the Illusion
- Everworld #10: Understand the Unknown
- Everworld #11: Mystify the Magician
- Everworld #12: Entertain the End
[edit] Making Out
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- Zoey Fools Around
- Jake Finds Out
- Nina Won't Tell
- Ben's In Love
- Claire Gets Caught
- What Zoey Saw
- Lucas Gets Hurt
- Aisha Goes Wild
- Zoey Plays Games
- Nina Shapes Up
- Ben Takes a Chance
- Claire Can't Lose
- Don't Tell Zoey
- Aaron Lets Go
- Who Loves Kate?
- Lara Gets Even
- Two-Timing Aisha
- Zoey Speaks Out
- Kate Finds Love
- Never Trust Lara
- Trouble with Aaron
- Always Loving Zoey
- Lara Gets Lucky
- Now Zoey's Alone
- Don't Forget Lara
- Zoey's Broken Heart
- Falling for Claire
- Zoey Comes Home
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Harlequin romance novels, as Katherine Kendall
- Girl Talk novels, as L.E. Blair
- Ocean City series (republished as Making Waves)
- Summer series (this series was originally published as Making Waves in the UK)
- Boyfriends/Girlfriends series (republished as Making Out)
- Barf-O-Rama series, as Pat Pollari
- Disney's The Little Mermaid series
- Disney's Aladdin series, as both A.R. Plumb and her own name
- Silver Creek Riders series, as Beth Kincaid
- Love Stories series
- The Story of Two American Generals: Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and Colin L. Powell
- The Very Best Jinx McGee
- Disney's Christmas with all the Trimmings: Original Stories and Crafts from Mickey Mouse and Friends
- Disney's Enter if you Dare: Scary Tales from the Haunted Mansion, as Nicholas Stephens
[edit] See also
- Animorphs
- Remnants
- Everworld
- Making Out (book series)
- David B. Mattingly
- Michael Grant (young adult author)
[edit] References
- ^ See dedication pages of her novels.
- ^ http://edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com/ProductDetailPage.aspx?sequence=34&group=catalog&mailingID=0&mailingGroupID=0&catalogID=5986&Org=&sku=0545291518
- ^ Coutu, Aaron. "Rhode Island Teen Book Award: Home of the Brave". Rhode Island Teen Book Award Committee. http://www.yourlibrary.ws/ya_webpage/ritba/ritba09/homeofbrave.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
- ^ The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
- ^ Bank Street College of Education
- ^ Women's National Book Association
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