Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956 in
Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an
American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the
Animorphs,
Remnants,
Everworld, and other 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. Her book
Home of the Brave has won two awards. She has recently written an early chapters series called
Roscoe Riley Rules.