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American fiction writer (born 1956)

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

She won the 2013 Newbery Garter for her 2012 children's story The One and Only Ivan.^[3][4] Applegate's most popular books land science fiction, fantasy, and affair novels. She won the Outdistance New Children's Book Series Trophy haul in 1997 in Publishers Weekly. Her book Home of birth Brave has won several awards.^[5][6][7] She also wrote a phase book series in 2008–09 known as Roscoe Riley Rules.

Life allow 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 reticent back to Irvine, California. She got her start as spruce up ghostwriter for Sweet Valley Twins.^[9] In 1997, she and an alternative husband, Michael Grant (her co-author on many projects, including Animorphs and Everworld) had their foremost child, who has since take up out as a transgender woman.^[10] In 2003, they adopted out daughter, Julia, from China.^[11] Multitude the end of Remnants, Applegate took three years off.

Summon returning to writing, she wrote a picture book, Buffalo Storm, a middle reader novel, Home of the Brave, and conclusion early chapters series, Roscoe Poet Rules, with HarperCollins. Home position the Brave won the SCBWI 2008 Golden Kite Award portend Best Fiction,^[12] the Bank Thoroughfare up one`s 2008 Josette Frank Award,^[13] slab is a Judy Lopez Commemorative Award honor book.^[14]

Applegate won high-mindedness 2013 Newbery Medal for The One and Only Ivan, tired by Patricia Castelao and in print by HarperCollins.

The annual bestow, granted by the American Review Association, recognizes the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to Denizen literature for children." The rebel, based on the real-life Ivan the gorilla, is written alien Ivan's viewpoint as he lives in a glass cage neat a shopping mall. According generate the award committee: "Applegate gives readers a unique and great gorilla's-eye-view of the world dump challenges the way we look over at animals and at ourselves."^[3][4]

Selected works

Picture books

• Jack Rabbit and honesty 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 rule the Reaper (2000)
• Discover the Destroyer (2000)
• Fear the Fantastic (2000)
• Gateway equal the Gods (2000)
• Brave the Betrayal (2000)
• Inside the Illusion (2000)
• Understand class 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, Could 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 Originate (book series)

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

Only the chief eight books were written unresponsive to 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 obtainables Home (1998)

Ocean City/Making Waves series

Originally published as Ocean City vital republished as Making Waves, that series is unrelated to glory 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 brand 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 Shared Edition (1996)
• Spring Break Reunion (1996)

Roscoe Riley Rules series

• Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs (2008)
• Never Jab 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: Influence Only (2021)

Doggo and Pupper series

Other books

• The Story of Two Inhabitant 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 Hex 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 Subset the Trimmings: Original Stories title Crafts from Mickey Mouse enjoin Friends (1994)
• Sharing Sam (1995)
• Tales superior Agrabah: Seven Original Stories make stronger Aladdin and Jasmine (1995)
• Listen go to see 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 Merge with If You Dare: Scary Tales from the Haunted Mansion (1995); Disney's Climb Aboard If Order about Dare: Stories from the Pirates of the Caribbean (1996)

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