Kathryn Lasky

Person · Open Library

Born

1944

Works

182

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United States

Active from

1944-06-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

271

Total plays

23,098

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 43,680x

2. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,797x

3. Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death

   · 2012 · cited 16,872x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,988x

5. Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

   · 2024 · cited 15,334x

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Quotes

• “"You just hatched out two weeks ago." Kludd turned to Soren, his younger brother. "What do you know about sisters?"Maybe, Soren thought to himself, they would be better than brothers.”
• “Once upon a very long time ago, in the time of Glaux, there was an order of knightly owls, from a kingdom called Ga'Hoole, who would rise up each night and perform noble deeds. They spoke no words but true ones, their purpose was to right all wrongs, to make strong the weak, mend the broken, vanquish the proud, and make powerless those who abused the frail. With hearts sublime they would take flight...”
• “"I don't really know what happened. I just fell out of the nest." But the second Soren said those words he felt a weird queasiness. He almost knew. He just couldn't quite remember, but he almost knew how it had happened, and he felt a mixture of dread and shame creep through him. He felt something terrible deep in his gizzard.”
• “"Bye-bye," Auntie cooed, and waved a tattered wing. "Bye-bye, 12-8, you fool!"”
• “Gylfie looked at Soren gravely. "That is why we must learn how to fly before the next newing.""But I won't be ready. I won't have enough feathers," Soren said."Almost, though.""Almost? There's a difference, Gylfie, between almost and enough.""Yes. The difference is belief, Soren. Belief."”
• “Oh, if only I were perfectly moon blinked [hypnotized]. If only I were...”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Knight

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Indianapolis

Occupation

children's writer

Educated at

Wheelock College

Languages spoken

English language

Official website

kathrynlasky.com

Work location

Boston

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