Hello. I am Katherine.
I am a writer.
It’s not as easy as it looks.
It is, however, the best job on the planet.
Katherine Applegate is the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including The One and Only Ivan, wishtree, Crenshaw, the Endling series, the Roscoe Riley Rules chapter books series, and the Animorphs series.
She lives with her husband, who writes as the author Michael Grant, and their children in California.
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You are looking at Katherine Applegate, gerbil saleswoman. That’s right: the local paper even ran a story entitled “Pert Ten-Year-Old Becomes Gerbil Saleswoman.” (I share more about my entrepreneurial ventures in this interview with The Startup Squad.)
I also ran a cleaning company (above, in all my glory) and spent a few years as a ghost-writer.
Me in my writing uniform (pajamas), on top of a pile of edits. Remember: Writing is rewriting!
Before I was a writer, I was the world’s worst waitress. (Oh, the drinks that were spilled. Yes, sometimes on the customers.)
I rented a cow while researching my book, Home of the Brave. Did you know that you can rent cows?