Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt is the author of over thirty books for readers of all ages. Her first novel, The Underneath, published by Atheneum (2008), was a National Book Award Finalist, a Newbery Honor Book, and the recipient of the PEN USA Award. Her books have also won the Irma and Simon Black Award for Distinguished Children’s Literature by Bank Street College, the Texas Institute of Letters “Best Children’s Book” Award, the Paterson Poetry Prize for YA Literature, and the Teddy Award, given by the Writers League of Texas. In 2009 she was named the Texas Distinguished Writer by the Friends of the Abilene Public Library. Her books have been named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library, and “Top Ten Books of Poetry” by VOYA Magazine. Her second novel, Keeper, will be released in spring 2010. She and her husband Ken live in College Station, TX with their four cats. For more information, visit www.kathiappelt.com
Faculty Writing for Children & Young Adults
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