Katherine Applegate is the New York Times bestselling author of Wishtree, Crenshaw, and Home of the Brave, all from Feiwel&Friends, and The One and Only Ivan, winner of the Newbery Medal. Doggo and Pupper is her first chapter book for younger readers. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Charlie Alder is the illustrator of Chicken Break written by Cate Berry. She lives in England with her family.
Katherine Applegate is the #1
New York Times-bestselling author of beloved and award-winning books for young readers, including
Odder, Home of the Brave, Crenshaw, Wishtree,
Willodeen, and
The One and Only Ivan, for which she won the Newbery Medal. She is also the author of the Animorphs series, and a beginning reader series, Doggo and Pupper, illustrated by Charlie Alder. Katherine Applegate lives in Southern California with her family.
Charlie Alder has been illustrating for over seven years, including
Chicken Break written by Cate Berry. She is particularly well-known for her young and tween girl book cover design and illustrations. Before that, she was Art Director for a popular women's weekly magazine. Some of Charlie's publishing clients include American Girl, Egmont, Hachette, Hinkler, Macmillan, Penguin, Random House, and Scholastic. She lives in England with her family.