Katherine Applegate is the author of many books for young readers, including the 2013 Newbery Medal winner The One and Only Ivan, Crenshaw, Home of the Brave, Wishtree, the Roscoe Riley Rules series, Endling, and with her husband, Michael Grant, the Animorphs series. In this interview, Applegate talks about life-changing books for reluctant readers (including kids with dyslexia), writing “first-person gorilla”, tackling tough topics, how books can change communities, and much more.
