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* GenreAdultery: She commits it all over the place. A little-known fact is that Animorphs wasn't her debut - she wrote YA realistic romance novels before that, making Animorphs, a sci-fi series, different in every way possible. Then, after Remnants, she started working on more literary works; none of them are at all similar to her late '90's, early '00's series. Then she committed adultery on ''that'' genre when she co-wrote ''Eve and Adam'' with her husband. And that's not even mentioning her chapter books for beginner readers. Basically, she's a really, really versatile writer who has no one single genre.
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[[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''Literature/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'', which was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under her first and last name.]]

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[[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Newbery Medal]] for ''Literature/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'', which was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under her first and last name.]]
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[[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under her first and last name.]]

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[[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', ''Literature/TheOneAndOnlyIvan'', which was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under her first and last name.]]



* The ''Making Out'' series, originally published as ''Boyfriends/Girlfriends'', republished as ''The Islanders'' in 2015.

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* The ''Making Out'' ''Literature/MakingOut'' series, originally published as ''Boyfriends/Girlfriends'', republished as ''The Islanders'' in 2015.
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** Really, anything she did before Animorphs. And even then, she didn't like the endings of ''Everworld'' and ''Remnants'' any more than her fans did.

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** Really, anything she did before Animorphs. And even then, she didn't like the endings of ''Everworld'' and ''Remnants'' any more than her fans did.did, and she's also lamented the number of PlotHoles in Animorphs that fans have found.
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* ''The One and Only Bob'' (2020 followup to ''The One and Only Ivan'')

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* MeanBoss: To her ghostwriters, according to [[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gzhau/iam_ka_applegate_author_of_animorphs_and_many/c1rfqin a Reddit AMA]]:
-->"[My husband and I] started as ghostwriters, so we saw it more as opportunity. We paid well, but not very well to be honest. We wrote outlines (we suck at outlines) and then got all bitchy when we didn't like what we got. Neither of us is an editor so we weren't really capable of offering decent guidance. So we tended just to sort of slash and burn. Basically without meaning to be we were probably [[SelfDeprecation horrible assholes to work with.]]"

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* ApprovalOfGod: She's been very supportive of ''Animorphs'' fandom. Except the artwork of Tobias doing it with Harry Potter.
-->[[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gzhau/iam_ka_applegate_author_of_animorphs_and_many/c1rfs73?context=3 I'm just not sure raptor-wizard sex is advisable.]]
* CreatorCouple: With Creator/MichaelGrant in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'', ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'', ''Making Out'', and ''Literature/EveAndAdam''.
* DearNegativeReader: She [[http://web.archive.org/web/20010807200502/www.morphz.com/posts/1061001.htm wrote a letter]] to the Animorphs fans who didn't like the ending.


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* GenreAdultery: She commits it all over the place. A little-known fact is that Animorphs wasn't her debut - she wrote YA realistic romance novels before that, making Animorphs, a sci-fi series, different in every way possible. Then, after Remnants, she started working on more literary works; none of them are at all similar to her late '90's, early '00's series. Then she committed adultery on ''that'' genre when she co-wrote ''Eve and Adam'' with her husband. And that's not even mentioning her chapter books for beginner readers. Basically, she's a really, really versatile writer who has no one single genre.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: This is what she wants Animorphs fans to do.


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* OldShame:
** Back in TheNineties, she wrote ''Barf-O-Rama'', which is exactly what it sounds like based on the name: disgusting books built around barf scenes. For obvious reasons, it was done under a pseudonym.
** Really, anything she did before Animorphs. And even then, she didn't like the endings of ''Everworld'' and ''Remnants'' any more than her fans did.
* SheAlsoDid: Applegate was a ghostwriter for ''Sweet Valley Twins'', a SpinOff of ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'', before she started writing her own books.
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Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with her husband, Creator/MichaelGrant.

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Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful fiction author from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who is best known for writing ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series and ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' with her husband, Creator/MichaelGrant.
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Her persoal website can be found [[https://katherineapplegate.com here]] and her Website/{{Twitter}} can be found [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor here]].

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Her persoal personal website can be found [[https://katherineapplegate.com here]] and her Website/{{Twitter}} can be found [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor here]].

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Katherine Alice "K.A." Applegate (born October 9, 1956) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with her husband, Creator/MichaelGrant. She now has an [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor official account]] on Website/{{Twitter}}. [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under her first and last name.]]

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Katherine Alice "K.A." Applegate (born October 9, 1956) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with her husband, Creator/MichaelGrant. She now has an [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor official account]] on Website/{{Twitter}}. Creator/MichaelGrant.

[[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under her first and last name.]]]]

Her persoal website can be found [[https://katherineapplegate.com here]] and her Website/{{Twitter}} can be found [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor here]].



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* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Partially subverted. She turned over most of the work of writing ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' to ghostwriters so she could focus on ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' (at one point, Scholastic was publishing one ''Animorphs'' book every month, plus one ''Megamorphs'' special edition and one "Chronicles" book each year, both of which were not ghostwritten).[[note]]This is the same thing she did with the ''Literature/MakingOut'' series, which started being ghostwritten around the time ''Animorphs'' started.[[/note]] Ironically, ''Animorphs'' is what she's best known for, while few people have even heard of ''Everworld''. She also started writing ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' at the same time as ''Everworld'', right after ''Animorphs'' ended, and currently is writing longer novels that are published once a year per series.

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!!Other tropes related to K. A. Applegate:

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Partially subverted. She turned over most of the work of writing ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' to ghostwriters so she could focus on ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' (at one point, Scholastic was publishing one ''Animorphs'' book every month, plus one ''Megamorphs'' special edition and one "Chronicles" book each year, both of which were not ghostwritten).[[note]]This is the same thing she did with the ''Literature/MakingOut'' series, which started being ghostwritten around the time ''Animorphs'' started.[[/note]] Ironically, ''Animorphs'' is what she's best known for, while few people have even heard of ''Everworld''. She also started writing ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' at the same time as ''Everworld'', right after ''Animorphs'' ended, and currently is writing longer novels that are published once a year per series.
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* MoustacheDePlume: Ambiguous initials sub-type. Her full name is Katherine Alice Applegate. She's switched to using her first name in recent years.

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* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: Partially subverted. She turned over most of the work of writing ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' to ghostwriters so she could focus on ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' (at one point, Scholastic was publishing one ''Animorphs'' book every month, plus one ''Megamorphs'' special edition and one "Chronicles" book each year, both of which were not ghostwritten).[[note]]This is the same thing she did with the ''Literature/MakingOut'' series, which started being ghostwritten around the time ''Animorphs'' started.[[/note]] Ironically, ''Animorphs'' is what she's best known for, while few people have even heard of ''Everworld''. She also started writing ''Literature/{{Remnants}}'' at the same time as ''Everworld'', right after ''Animorphs'' ended, and currently is writing longer novels that are published once a year per series.
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K. A. Applegate (known in her later years as Katherine Applegate) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with Creator/MichaelGrant. She now has an [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor official account]] on Website/{{Twitter}}. [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under a different pen name now.]]

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K. A. Katherine Alice "K.A." Applegate (known in her later years as Katherine Applegate) (born October 9, 1956) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with her husband, Creator/MichaelGrant. She now has an [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor official account]] on Website/{{Twitter}}. [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under a different pen name now.her first and last name.]]



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K. A. Applegate (known in her later years as Katherine Applegate) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with Creator/MichaelGrant. She now has an [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor official account]] on Website/{{Twitter}}. [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which is currently slated to be released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under a different pen name now.]]

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K. A. Applegate (known in her later years as Katherine Applegate) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with Creator/MichaelGrant. She now has an [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor official account]] on Website/{{Twitter}}. [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which is currently slated to be was released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under a different pen name now.]]
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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Averted - in 2011, when the ''Animorphs'' books were still out of print, [[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gzhau/iam_ka_applegate_author_of_animorphs_and_many/c1rfte1 she stated she had no objection to people continuing to circulate them as free ebooks]]. She would've preferred to have them officially available for sale in ebook form, but it wasn't something Scholastic was actively doing at the time.

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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Averted - in DigitalPiracyIsOkay: In 2011, when the ''Animorphs'' books were still out of print, [[http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/gzhau/iam_ka_applegate_author_of_animorphs_and_many/c1rfte1 she stated she had no objection to people continuing to circulate them as free ebooks]]. She would've preferred to have them officially available for sale in ebook form, but it wasn't something Scholastic was actively doing at the time.
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* The ''Making Out'' series, originally published as ''Boyfriends/Girlfriends''

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* The ''Making Out'' series, originally published as ''Boyfriends/Girlfriends''''Boyfriends/Girlfriends'', republished as ''The Islanders'' in 2015.
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K. A. Applegate (known in her later years as Katherine Applegate) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with Creator/MichaelGrant. She now has an [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor official account]] on Website/{{Twitter}}. [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which is currently slated to be released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under a different pen name now.]]

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K. A. Applegate (known in her later years as Katherine Applegate) is an American author of [[MiddleGradeLiterature middle grade]] science fiction, including the very successful ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series with Creator/MichaelGrant. She now has an [[https://twitter.com/kaaauthor official account]] on Website/{{Twitter}}. [[http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal She is also the winner of the 2013 Newberry Medal]] for ''The One and Only Ivan'', which is currently slated to be released as a motion picture by Disney in August 2020, direct to Disney+. (See the trailer for that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-uIQDRS4a8 here]].) She is ''not'' retired, no matter what Animorphs fans might tell you - [[SameFaceDifferentName she's just writing under a different pen name now.]]

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