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K. A. Applegate
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| Katherine Alice Applegate | |
| Born | 1956 Michigan, United States |
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| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genres | Fantasy, Science fiction |
| Website | http://www.katherineapplegate.com/ |
Katherine Alice Applegate is the credited author of the Animorphs, Remnants, and Everworld book series, although many of these books are ghostwritten by other authors. 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 first series, Animorphs, received a cult following that still exists today.
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Applegate was born in Michigan in 1956. Since then she has lived in Texas, Florida, California, Minnesota and Illinois, and currently lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She has a son named Jake, although she says the Animorph leader isn't named after him. In 2003 she and her husband, Michael Reynolds, her co-author on many projects including Animorphs, adopted their daughter, Julia, in China. Following the end of Animorphs, Applegate took three years off. She is back at work and recently sold a picture book called "The Buffalo Storm," to Clarion, placed a middle reader novel called "The Stars Remain," (renamed "Home of the Brave") and an early chapters series "Time-Out Tales" with HarperCollins. Her other interests include traveling, reading, and gardening. Her new website, www.katherineapplegate.com, is in the process of being made.
- See also: List of Animorphs books
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Aside from her three "big hit" series, Applegate has written other books, some under pen names. They include:
- 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.
- Summer 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.
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