K. A. Applegate

K. A. Applegate
K. A. Applegate at the 2013 Texas Book Festival.
Born	Katherine Alice Applegate (1956-10-09) October 9, 1956 (age 62) Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Pen name	L. E. Blair; Katherine Kendall; Beth Kincaid; A. R. Plumb; Pat Pollari[citation needed]
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Period	1991–2003, 2007–present
Genre	Children's fantasy, science fiction, adventure novels
Notable works	The One and Only Ivan, Animorphs
Notable awards	Newbery Medal 2013
Spouse	Michael Grant
Children	3

Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956)^[1] is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld, and other book series. She won the 2013 Newbery Medal for her 2012 children's novel The One and Only Ivan.^[2][3] 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 several awards.^[4][5][6] She also wrote a chapter book series in 2008–09 called Roscoe Riley Rules.

Contents

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  1 Life and career
  


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  2 Selected works
  
  
  
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    2.1 Picture books
    
  
  
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    2.2 Animorphs series
    
  
  
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    2.3 Remnants series
    
  
  
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    2.4 Everworld series
    
  
  
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    2.5 Making Out series
    
  
  
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    2.6 Summer series
    
  
  
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    2.7 Roscoe Riley Rules series
    
  
  
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    2.8 Endling Series
    
  
  
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    2.9 Other books
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

Life and career

Applegate was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.^[7] Since then she has lived in Texas, Florida, California, Minnesota, Illinois, and North Carolina. After living in Pelago, Italy for a year, she moved back to Irvine, in Southern California. In 1997, she and her husband, Michael Grant, her co-author on many projects including Animorphs and Everworld, had their first child, a son named Jake. In 2003 they adopted a daughter, Julia, from China.^[8] Following the end of Remnants, 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,^[9] the Bank Street 2008 Josette Frank Award,^[10] and is a Judy Lopez Memorial Award honor book.^[11]

Applegate won the 2013 Newbery Medal for The One and Only Ivan, illustrated by Patricia Castelao and published by HarperCollins. This annual award, granted by the American Library Association, recognizes the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." The story is written from the viewpoint of a gorilla living in a glass cage in a shopping mall. According to the award committee, "Katherine Applegate gives readers a unique and unforgettable gorilla's-eye-view of the world that challenges the way we look at animals and at ourselves." ^[2][3]

Selected works

Picture books

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  Jack Rabbit and the Beanstalk (1997)


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  The Buffalo Storm (2007)

Animorphs series

Collection of Animorphs books.

Main articles: Animorphs and List of Animorphs books

Companion books

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  Megamorphs 1: The Andalite's Gift (1997)


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  Megamorphs 2: In the Time of Dinosaurs (1998)


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  Megamorphs 3: Elfangor's Secret (1999)


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  Megamorphs 4: Back to Before (2000)


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  The Andalite Chronicles (1997)


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  The Hork-Bajir Chronicles(1998)


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  The Ellimist Chronicles (2000)


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  Visser (2000)


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  Alternamorphs 1: The First Journey (1999) (ghostwritten)


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  Alternamorphs 2: The Next Passage (2000) (ghostwritten)^{[clarification needed]}
  

Remnants series

Main article: Remnants (novel series)

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  The Mayflower Project (2001)


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  Destination Unknown (2001)


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  Them (2001)


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  Nowhere Land (2002)


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  Mutation (2002)


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  Breakdown (2002)


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  Isolation (2002)


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  Mother, May I? (2002)


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  No Place Like Home (2002)


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  Lost and Found (2003)


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  Dream Storm (2003)


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  Aftermath (2003)


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  Survival (2003)


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  Begin Again (2003)

Everworld series

Main article: Everworld

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  Search for Senna (1999)


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  Land of Loss (1999)


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  Enter the Enchanted (1999)


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  Realm of the Reaper (2000)


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  Discover the Destroyer (2000)


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  Fear the Fantastic (2000)


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  Gateway to the Gods (2000)


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  Brave the Betrayal (2000)


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  Inside the Illusion (2000)


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  Understand the Unknown (2000)


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  Mystify the Magician (2001)


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  Entertain the End (2001)

Making Out series

Main article: Making Out (book series)

First edition publication dates are based upon the original publication when the series was titled Boyfriends/Girlfriends. Only the first eight books were written by Applegate. Books *9–28 were ghostwritten.^[12] The 28 books in this series are:

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  Zoey Fools Around (1994)


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  Jake Finds Out (1994)


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  Nina Won't Tell (1994)


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  Ben's In Love (1994)


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  Claire Gets Caught (1994)


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  What Zoey Saw (1994)


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  Lucas Gets Hurt (1994)


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  Aisha Goes Wild (1994)


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  Zoey Plays Games (1996)


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  Nina Shapes Up (1996)


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  Ben Takes a Chance (1996)


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  Claire Can't Lose (1996)


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  Don't Tell Zoey (1996)


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  Aaron Lets Go (1996)


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  Who Loves Kate? (1996)


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  Lara Gets Even (1996)


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  Two-Timing Aisha (1996)


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  Zoey Speaks Out (1996)


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  Kate Finds Love (1997)


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  Never Trust Lara (1997)


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  Trouble with Aaron (1997)


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  Always Loving Zoey (1997)


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  Lara Gets Lucky (1997)


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  Now Zoey's Alone (1997)


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  Don't Forget Lara (1998)


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  Zoey's Broken Heart (1998)


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  Falling for Claire (1998)


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  Zoey Comes Home (1998)

Summer series

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

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  June Dreams (1995)


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  July's Promise (1995)


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  August Magic (1995)


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  Beaches, Boys, and Betrayal (1996)


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  Sand, Surf, and Secrets (1996)


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  Rays, Romance, and Rivalry (1996)


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  Christmas Special Edition (1996)


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  Spring Break Reunion (1996)


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  Tan Lines: Sand, Surf, and Secrets; Rays, Romance, and Rivalry; Beaches, Boys, and Betrayal (2008)


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  Beach Blondes: June Dreams; July's Promise; August Magic (2008)

Roscoe Riley Rules series

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  Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs (2008)


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  Never Swipe a Bully's Bear (2008)


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  Don't Swap Your Sweater for a Dog (2008)


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  Never Swim in Applesauce (2008)


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  Don't Tap-Dance on Your Teacher (2009)


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  Never Walk in Shoes That Talk (2009)


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  Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin (2009)


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  Don't Eat A Hula Hoop (2018)

Endling Series

• Endling #1: The Last^[13]
  

Other books

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  Sharing Sam (1995)


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  Listen to My Heart (1996)


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  Home of the Brave (2007)


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  The One and Only Ivan (2012)


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  Eve & Adam (with Michael Grant) (2013)


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  Crenshaw (2015)


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  Wishtree (2017)


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  Harlequin romance novels, as Katherine Kendall


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  Girl Talk novels, as L.E. Blair


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  Ocean City series (republished as Making Waves)


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  Barf-O-Rama series, as Pat Pollari


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  Disney's The Little Mermaid series


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  Disney's Aladdin series, as both A.R. Plumb and her own name


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  Silver Creek Riders series, as Beth Kincaid


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  Love Stories series


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  The Story of Two American Generals: Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and Colin L. Powell (non-fiction)


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  The World's Best Jinx McGee (1992)


• Disney's Christmas with all the Trimmings: Original Stories and Crafts from Mickey Mouse and Friends


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  Disney's Enter if you Dare: Scary Tales from the Haunted Mansion, as Nicholas Stephens

References

1. 
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   "But Wiki's a bit off: my BD's 10/9. Also, they seem to have left out my son!" @kaaauthor Twitter, July 18, 2014.
   


2. 
   ^ ^ab
   "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). American Library Association (ALA).
   
     "The John Newbery Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
   


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   ^ ^ab
   "Newbery – Katherine Applegate, Jon Klassen win Newbery, Caldecott Medals". ALA Press Release. January 28, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
   


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   ^ "SCBWI | Past Golden Kite Recipients, 2008". www.scbwi.org. Retrieved 2018-01-23..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ "School Library Journal Best Books of 2007". slj.com. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
   


6. 
   ^ "Bank Street - List of Winners, 2008". www.bankstreet.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
   


7. 
   ^ "Shelf Awareness for Tuesday, January 29, 2013". www.shelf-awareness.com.
   


8. 
   ^ Coutu, Aaron. "Rhode Island Teen Book Award: Home of the Brave". Rhode Island Teen Book Award Committee. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
   


9. 
   ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). archive.org. 5 February 2009.
   


10. 
    ^ "Bank Street - Children's Book Committee". www.bankstreet.edu.
    


11. 
    ^ "Women's National Book Association". wnba-books.org.
    


12. 
    ^ "K.A. Applegate Questions & Answers". Everworld Fantasy. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
    


13. 
    ^ "Endling The Last". Harper Collins Publishers.
    

External links

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  Children's literature portal
  


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  Speculative fiction portal
  

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  K. A. Applegate at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  


• The One and Only Ivan official website


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  Katherine Applegate at HarperCollins Publishers


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  Katherine Applegate at Macmillan Publishers


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  "Katherine Applegate on Winning the 2013 Newbery: 'Stunned Disbelief'". Diane Roback. Publishers Weekly. January 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.

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