Katherine Alice Applegate is an American writer of young adult and children's fiction. She is best known for creating the Animorphs series, as well as the Remnants and Everworld book series. Her work spans science fiction, fantasy, and adventure genres. Applegate achieved significant recognition in her field, winning the Publishers Weekly Best New Children's Book Series Award in 1997. Her most acclaimed work is the children's novel The One and Only Ivan, for which she won the Newbery Medal in 2013. Beyond this major award, her book Home of the Brave has also won several awards, demonstrating consistent recognition from the literary community.