Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt | |
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 Appelt at the 2017 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | July 6, 1954 Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Writer, writing teacher |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1990s–present |
| Genre | Children's literature, picture books, non-fiction |
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Kathi Appelt (born July 6, 1954)[1] is an American author of more than forty books for children and young adults. She won the annual PEN USA award for Children's Literature recognizing The Underneath (2008).[2]
Biography
Kathi Appelt was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina,[1] and grew up in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Texas A&M University and lives in College Station, Texas.[citation needed]
Appelt is the author of more than 30 books. She writes novels, picture books, poetry, and nonfiction for children and young adults.[citation needed] Her books have been translated into several languages: Spanish, Chinese, French, and Swedish.[citation needed]
Her first novel was The Underneath, illustrated by David Small and published by Simon & Schuster in 2008. It features a cat and dog who live mainly beneath an old house in the Louisiana–Texas bayou. For that work she received the annual Children's Literature award from PEN Center USA[2] and she was also a runner-up for the National Book Award (National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist)[3] and the American Library Association Newbery Medal (Newbery Honor Book).[4]
Her papers are held in the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi (unprocessed manuscripts collection, 1985–2005).[5]
Selected works
- The Underneath, illustrated by David Small (Simon & Schuster, 2008)
- Keeper, illus. August Hall (Atheneum Books, 2010)
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References
- ^ a b "Kathi Appelt – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-09-24. Select a title to see its linked publication history and general information. Select a particular edition (title) for more data at that level, such as a front cover image or linked contents.
- ^ a b "2009 Lit Awards". PEN Center USA (penusa.org). Archived 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
- ^ "2008 National Book Award Finalist, Young People's Literature: Kathi Appelt". National Book Foundation. With linked interview transcript.
- ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". Association for Library Service to Children. American Library Association.
- ^ "Kathi Appelt Papers". University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.
External links
- Official website
- Kathi Appelt at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Kathi Appelt at Library of Congress, with 41 library catalog records
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- 1954 births
- American children's writers
- Newbery Honor winners
- People from Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Texas A&M University alumni
- Vermont College of Fine Arts faculty
- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
- American women children's writers
- American women novelists
- Novelists from Vermont