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K. A. Applegate

1956 - Today

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Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), known professionally 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 Best New Children's Book Series Award in 1997 in Publishers Weekly. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. K. A. Applegate is the 2,940th most popular writer (up from 6,919th in 2019), the 4,223rd most popular biography from United States (up from 14,925th in 2019) and the 338th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, K. A. Applegate ranks 2,940 out of 7,302. Before her are Gottschalk of Orbais, Joe Hill, Antonio de Guevara, Subramania Bharati, Mouloud Feraoun, and David Albahari. After her are Edvard Kocbek, José Martínez Ruiz, Lucrezia Marinella, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Dmitry Pisarev, and Champfleury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, K. A. Applegate ranks 154. Before her are Hans Enoksen, Jack Sherman, Johnny Cecotto, Momir Bulatović, Cecilia Roth, and Zinaida Greceanîi. After her are Saadeddine Othmani, Zlatko Kranjčar, Brian Robertson, Lesley Manville, Sebastian Coe, and Kenny G.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, K. A. Applegate ranks 4,223 out of 20,380. Before her are Bray Wyatt (1987), Milt Jackson (1923), David Chase (1945), James J. Gibson (1904), Mark Gordon (1957), and Joe Turkel (1927). After her are Bob King (1906), Don Wilson (1954), Frankie Valli (1934), Chad Coleman (1974), Walter Donaldson (1893), and Paula Hawkins (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, K. A. Applegate ranks 338. Before her are John Ashbery (1927), Edward Bunker (1933), Eric Carle (1929), Carl Bernstein (1944), Richard Wright (1908), and Joe Hill (1972). After her are Willa Cather (1873), Mickey Spillane (1918), Edgar Lee Masters (1868), L. Sprague de Camp (1907), Bruce Sterling (1954), and R. A. Salvatore (1959).

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