K. A. Applegate

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name = Katherine Alice Applegate
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birthdate = 1956
birthplace = Michigan, United States
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occupation = Novelist
genre = Fantasy, Science fiction
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website = http://www.katherineapplegate.com/

Katherine Alice Applegate is the credited author of the "Animorphs", "Remnants", "Everworld", and several other book series, although many of these books are ghostwritten by other authors. [See dedication pages of her novels.] Applegate's most popular books are science fiction, fantasy, and adventure novels. She also won the Best New Children's Book Series Award in 1997 in Publishers Weekly. Her book series, Animorphs, is still receiving fan support even today. [ [http://richardsani.conforums.com/ RAF: The Animorphs Forum] ] Her book "Home of the Brave" has won two awards. She is currently working on an early chapters series called "Roscoe Riley Rules".

Biography

Applegate was born in Michigan in 1956. Since then she has lived in Texas, Florida, California, Minnesota, Illinois, North Carolina, and is currently living in Pelago, Italy for a year. She has an eleven year old son named Jake, although she says the Animorph leader isn't named after him. [ [http://www.bookrags.com/biography/k-a-applegate-aya/ Book Rags K. A. Applegate Biography] ] [ [http://www.scholastic.com/kaapplegate/about.htm#stats Scholastic K. A. Applegate] ] In 2003 she and her husband, Michael Grant, [ [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0061448761/ref=sib_dp_pop_bf?ie=UTF8&p=S0G6#reader-link] ] her co-author on many projects including Animorphs, adopted their daughter, Julia, in China.Fact|date=April 2008 Following the end of Animorphs, Applegate took three years off. She is back at work and has written a picture book called "The Buffalo Storm," a middle reader novel called "Home of the Brave," and an early chapters series "Roscoe Riley Rules" with Harper Collins. Her book "Home of the Brave" has won the SCBWI Golden Kite Award [ [http://www.scbwi.org/pdf/07GoldenKite_Release.pdf The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators] ] , the Bank Street 2008 Josette Frank Award [ [http://www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/awards.html Bank Street College of Education] ] , and is a Judy Lopez Memorial Award honor book [ [http://www.wnba-books.org/la/awards.html Women's National Book Association] ] .

Works

Recent works

* Home of the Brave (2008 Golden Kite Award for Best Fiction)
* The Buffalo Storm
* Roscoe Riley Rules

Animorphs

Main Series

* 1: The Invasion
* 2: The Visitor
* 3: The Encounter
* 4: The Message
* 5: The Predator
* 6: The Capture
* 7: The Stranger
* 8: The Alien
* 9: The Secret
* 10: The Android
* 11: The Forgotten
* 12: The Reaction
* 13: The Change
* 14: The Unknown
* 15: The Escape
* 16: The Warning
* 17: The Underground
* 18: The Decision
* 19: The Departure
* 20: The Discovery
* 21: The Threat
* 22: The Solution
* 23: The Pretender
* 24: The Suspicion
* 26: The Attack
* 32: The Separation
* 53: The Answer
* 54: The Beginning

Companion books

* Megamorphs 1: The Andalite's Gift
* Megamorphs 2: In the Time of Dinosaurs
* Megamorphs 3: Elfangor's Secret
* Megamorphs 4: Back to Before
* The Andalite Chronicles
* The Hork-Bajir Chronicles
* The Ellimist Chronicles
* Visser

Remnants

* 1. "The Mayflower Project"
* 2. "Destination Unknown"
* 3. "Them"
* 4. "Nowhere Land"
* 5. "Mutation"
* 6. "Breakdown"
* 7. "Isolation"
* 8. "Mother, May I?"
* 9. "No Place Like Home"
* 10. "Lost and Found"
* 11. "Dream Storm"
* 12. "Aftermath"
* 13. "Survival"
* 14. "Begin Again"

Everworld

* Everworld #1: Search for Senna
* Everworld #2: Land of Loss
* Everworld #3: Enter the Enchanted
* Everworld #4: Realm of the Reaper
* Everworld #5: Discover the Destroyer
* Everworld #6: Fear the Fantastic
* Everworld #7: Gateway to the Gods
* Everworld #8: Brave the Betrayal
* Everworld #9: Inside the Illusion
* Everworld #10: Understand the Unknown
* Everworld #11: Mystify the Magician
* Everworld #12: Entertain the End

Making Out

* Zoey Fools Around
* Jake Finds Out
* Nina Won't Tell
* Ben's In Love
* Claire Gets Caught
* What Zoey Saw
* Lucas Gets Hurt
* Aisha Goes Wild
* Zoey Plays Games
* Nina Shapes Up
* Ben Takes a Chance
* Claire Can't Lose
* Don't Tell Zoey
* Aaron Lets Go
* Who Loves Kate?
* Lara Gets Even
* Two-Timing Aisha
* Zoey Speaks Out
* Kate Finds Love
* Never Trust Lara
* Trouble with Aaron
* Always Loving Zoey
* Lara Gets Lucky
* Now Zoey's Alone
* Don't Forget Lara
* Zoey's Broken Heart
* Falling for Claire
* Zoey Comes Home

Miscellaneous

* Harlequin romance novels, as Katherine Kendall.
* "Girl Talk" novels, as L.E. Blair.
* "Ocean City" series (republished as "Making Waves").
* "Summer" series (confusingly this series was originally published as "Making Waves" in the UK).
* "Boyfriends/Girlfriends" series (republished as "Making Out").
* "Barf-O-Rama" series, as Pat Pollari.
* Disney's "The Little Mermaid" series.
* Disney's "Aladdin" series, as both A.R. Plumb and her own name.
* "Silver Creek Riders" series, as Beth Kincaid.
* "Love Stories" series.
* "The Story of Two American Generals: Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and Colin L. Powell".
* "The Very Best Jinx McGee".
* "Disney's Christmas with all the Trimmings: Original Stories and Crafts from Mickey Mouse and Friends".
* "Disney's Enter if you Dare: Scary Tales from the Haunted Mansion", as Nicholas Stephens.

See also

* Animorphs
* Everworld
* Making Out (book series)
* Michael Grant (young adult author)
* Remnants

References

External links

* [http://www.katherineapplegate.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.scholastic.com/kaapplegate/ Applegate's Scholastic Page]
* [http://www.roscoerileyrules.com/ Roscoe Riley Rules]
* [http://us.macmillan.com/author/katherineapplegate Author page at Macmillan.com]