Background
Kathi Appelt was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and grew up in Houston, Texas.
Kathi Appelt was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and grew up in Houston, Texas.
She graduated from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University and lives in College Station, Texas.
Appelt is the author of more than 30 books She writes novels, picture books, poetry, and nonfiction for children and young adults. Her books have been translated into several languages: Spanish, Chinese,French and Swedish.
Her first novel was The Underneath, illustrated by David Small and published by Simon & Schuster in 2008.
lieutenant features a cat and dog who live mainly beneath an old house in the Louisiana–Texas bayou. Her papers are held in the de Grummond Children"s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi (unprocessed manuscripts collection, 1985–2005).
She won the annual Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association United States of America award for Children"s Literature recognizing The Underneath (2008). Foreign that work she received the annual Children"s Literature award from Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Center United States of America and she was also a runner-up for the National Book Award (National Book Award for Young People"s Literature finalist) and the American Library Association Newbery Medal (Newbery Honor Book).
