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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of K. A. Applegate has received more than 498,117 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). K. A. Applegate is the 6,189th most popular writer (down from 5,558th in 2019), the 13,286th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,419th in 2019) and the 977th most popular American Writer.

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  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, K. A. Applegate ranks 6,189 out of 5,755Before her are Aleš Debeljak, Benjamin Jowett, Carol J. Adams, Andrea Levy, MacKinlay Kantor, and Bryan Fuller. After her are Peter Hedges, James Merrill, Jeff VanderMeer, Kathrin Schmidt, Ángeles Caso, and Abdellah Taïa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, K. A. Applegate ranks 595Before her are Guy Maddin, Květa Jeriová, Erhard Wunderlich, Charlie Crist, Debby Boone, and Andrea Levy. After her are Frank Stapleton, Juan Torales, Terry Date, Sandy Neilson, Zoltán Verrasztó, and Mark Todd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, K. A. Applegate ranks 13,286 out of 18,182Before her are Carol J. Adams (1951), Melissa Sagemiller (1974), MacKinlay Kantor (1904), Bryan Fuller (1969), Mary Crosby (1959), and Vanessa Marquez (1968). After her are Gary Winick (1961), Lillian Roth (1910), Danica Patrick (1982), Ilka Chase (1905), Nicole Stott (1962), and Mark Gordon (1957).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, K. A. Applegate ranks 977Before her are Neil Strauss (1969), Matthew Weiner (1965), Jonathan Lethem (1964), Carol J. Adams (1951), MacKinlay Kantor (1904), and Bryan Fuller (1969). After her are Peter Hedges (1962), James Merrill (1926), Jeff VanderMeer (1968), Virginia Hamilton (1936), Charles Krauthammer (1950), and Pat Cadigan (1953).

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