Katherine Applegate

American writer

Born: 9 October 1956, Ann Arbor
Age: 70
Birth name: Katherine Alice Applegate

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Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), sometimes publishing as K. A. Applegate, is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the Animorphs, Remnants, and Everworld book series. She won the 2013 Newbery Medal for her 2012 children's novel The One and Only Ivan. Applegate's most popular books are science fiction, fantasy, and adventure novels. She won the Publishers Weekly Best New Children's Book Series Award in 1997. Her book Home of the Brave has won several awards.

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