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Kate DiCamillo

(1964) Writer United States

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Kate DiCamillo is a writer from the United States, best known for Because of Winn-Dixie.

Quick Facts About Kate DiCamillo

Born: March 15, 1964
Nationality: United States
Profession: Writer
Notable works: Because of Winn-Dixie
Known for: Because of Winn-Dixie, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Tale of Despereaux, Flora & Ulysses

About Kate DiCamillo

Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo is an American author of children's fiction. She has published over 25 novels, including Because of Winn-Dixie (2000), The Tiger Rising (2001), The Tale of Despereaux (2003), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006), The Magician's Elephant (2009), the Mercy Watson series (2005–2022), and Flora & Ulysses (2013). Her books have sold around 37 million copies. Four have been developed into films and two have been adapted into musical settings. The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses won the Newbery Medal, making DiCamillo one of seven authors to have won two Newbery Medals.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Newbery Medal Regina Medal Geisel Award Josette Frank Award National Ambassador for Young People's Literature E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Middle Readers

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“He allowed his brother to lead him to his fate.”

Brotherhood

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It's a weird kind of disconnect that this whole story [he Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane] grew around a real doll of…

Dolls

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“This malfeasance must be stopped,” said Flora in a deep and superheroic voice.”

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I like going to schools and telling classes that when I was a child, I failed every "will this kid become a…

Children

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“The rat called Chiaroscuro did not look away. He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. He…

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That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.

Forever

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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.

I can

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I'm continually astonished with myself how different people bring out things in me that I never knew I had inside me. Each…

Different

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Alison [McGhee] and I have known each other since the summer of 2001. One evening we were sitting around talking about how…

Evening

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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.

Aunt

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“It is a horrible, terrible thing, the worst thing, to watch somebody you love die right in front of you and not…

Death

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“But she couldn't help it. She did hope. She was hoping. She had been hoping all along.”

Hope

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“Perhaps this is a dream, said Madam La Vaughn from her chair. Perhaps the whole thing has been nothing but a dream.”

Dream

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“I love your round head, the brilliant green, the watching blue, these letters, this world, you. I am very, very hungry.”

Poem

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What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?

Arms

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I have no talents. But I do have hope. And wonder. And love. Maybe those are talents?

Hope

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Farewell” is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon…

Black

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I am just always, always paying attention - waiting for the words, or image, or name that will be the beginning of…

Attention

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I didn't know at the time I was writing Because of Winn-Dixie where the story came from, but in retrospect I can…

Dixie

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Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Watson love Mercy [Watson]. Eugenia hates Mercy. Baby likes Mercy. Mercy loves toast. And the plot,…

Baby

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This is the danger of loving: No matter how powerful you are, no matter how many kingdoms you rule, you cannot stop…

Danger

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I never want to be a role model.

Models

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The Watsons have lost sight of the fact that Mercy Watson is a pig, and they love her truly, madly, deeply. They…

Baby

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“Truly, I did not intend to harm you, he said. That was never my intention.”

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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I…

Art work

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