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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 515,751 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). K. A. Applegate is the 6,918th most popular writer (down from 6,165th in 2019), the 14,926th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,253rd in 2019) and the 1,069th most popular American Writer.

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  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, K. A. Applegate ranks 6,918 out of 7,302. Before her are Natalya Vorozhbyt, Mark Manson, Alexey Dreev, Vicenç Pagès, Sidney Lanier, and Henry Louis Gates Jr.. After her are Elena Chizhova, Prvoslav Vujcic, Doris Kareva, Heston Blumenthal, Jenny Han, and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, K. A. Applegate ranks 712. Before her are Stephen Bray, Jeff Merkley, Charles L. Bennett, Bryan Trottier, Willie Banks, and Tetsuro Miura. After her are Jay C. Buckey, Terry Date, Andy Gill, Ernesto Labarthe, Salvatore Cordileone, and Mukesh Rishi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, K. A. Applegate ranks 14,926 out of 20,380. Before her are Billy Gould (1963), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), George W. Norris (1861), Lisa Leslie (1972), Billy Casper (1931), and Dale Bumpers (1925). After her are Brenda Russell (1949), Dave England (1969), Mitchel Musso (1991), Rupert Crosse (1927), Toby Huss (1966), and Glenn Beck (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, K. A. Applegate ranks 1,069. Before her are Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875), Paul Attanasio (1959), Stephen Thomas Erlewine (1973), Mark Manson (1984), Sidney Lanier (1842), and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950). After her are Jenny Han (1980), Matthew Weiner (1965), Doris Kearns Goodwin (1943), Meghan McCain (1984), Alfred Gough (1967), and Jeff VanderMeer (1968).

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