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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
English
Training
Reading
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Art
Bachelor
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Bachelors
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