Kathi Appelt

Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, and bestsellingThe Underneathas well as the National Book AwardfinalistThe True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp,Maybe a Fox(with Alison McGhee),Keeper,and many picture books includingCounting CrowsandMax Attacks. She has two grown children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband. Visit her at KathiAppelt.com.