Katherine Applegate

AmericanFantasyScience FictionMiddle GradeYoung Adult (YA)Action-AdventureChildren's Bookb. 1956

Katherine Alice Applegate is an American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for co-creating the science fiction series Animorphs with her husband, Michael Grant, and for her novel The One and Only Ivan, which won the 2013 Newbery Medal. Her books often explore themes of empathy, loss, and environmentalism, drawing from her love of animals and nature. She began her career as a ghostwriter for series like Sweet Valley Twins before achieving widespread acclaim with Animorphs. Applegate's work has been translated into dozens of languages and has won numerous awards.

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Awards

['Newbery Medal (2013)', "Best New Children's Book Series Award (1997)", 'SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Best Fiction (2008)', 'Bank Street Josette Frank Award (2008)', 'Judy Lopez Memorial Award', 'Christopher Medal', 'Golden Kite Award', 'Bank Street Josette Frank Award', 'California Book Award Gold Medal', 'Crystal Kite Award', 'Green Earth Book Honor Award', 'Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award', 'E.B. White Read Aloud Award', 'Golden Duck Award (Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades) for The Message (1997)', "Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois) for The One and Only Ivan"]

Notable Works

['The One and Only Ivan', 'Animorphs series', 'Remnants series', 'Everworld series', 'Crenshaw', 'Wishtree', 'Home of the Brave', 'Roscoe Riley Rules series', 'Endling series', 'Doggo and Pupper series']