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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Writing
Screenplay
Rewriting
Screenplays
Ended
Somehow
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Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
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