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Kathi Appelt

Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honor-winning, National Book Award finalist, PEN USA Literary Award-winning and bestselling The Underneath as well as the highly acclaimed novel Keeper and many picture books. She is a member of the faculty at... Read full bio

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Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honor-winning, National Book Award finalist, PEN USA Literary Award-winning and bestselling The Underneath as well as the highly acclaimed novel Keeper and many picture books. She is a member of the faculty at Vermont College's Master of Fine Arts program and occasionally teaches creative writing at Texas A&M University. She has two grown children, and lives in Texas with her husband and four cats.