{"id":2847,"date":"2025-05-09T08:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T18:04:00","slug":"from-animorphs-to-odd-otters-catherine-applegate-brings-the-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=2847","title":{"rendered":"From Animorphs to Odd Otters, Katherine Applegate Brings the Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/otter-7427338_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2848 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/otter-7427338_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/otter-7427338_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York Times bestselling author <a href=\"https:\/\/katherineapplegate.com\/\">Katherine Applegate<\/a> has written or cowritten an impressive number of books from the 54-volume Animorph series to her latest, <em>Odder<\/em>. We discuss the inspiration behind <em>Odder<\/em>, the Monterey Bay Aquarium&#8217;s surrogate mother program for orphaned otters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applegate co-wrote the <em>Animorphs<\/em> series with her husband, and we discuss the challenges and rewards of collaborative writing versus solo writing. We finish our delightful talk with insights into why she  incorporates complex themes in children&#8217;s books and her experiences with book-to-movie adaptations. <a href=\"https:\/\/events.columbuslibrary.org\/event\/13258989\">Applegate will appear at the Dublin branch of the Columbus Library on May 10th<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Craft-2025-4-7_KatherineApplegate-Podcast.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/knipskaline-19500680\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=7427338\">KnipsKaline<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=7427338\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_67\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2847-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Craft-2025-4-7_KatherineApplegate-Podcast.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Craft-2025-4-7_KatherineApplegate-Podcast.mp3\">http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Craft-2025-4-7_KatherineApplegate-Podcast.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Craft-2025-4-7_KatherineApplegate-Podcast.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2847-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Craft-2025-4-7_KatherineApplegate-Podcast.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Craft-2025-4-7_KatherineApplegate-Podcast.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate has written or cowritten an impressive number of books from the 54-volume Animorph series to her latest, Odder. 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