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I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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There ain't a body, be it mouse or man, that ain't made better by a little soup.
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At the thought of being eaten by rats, Despereaux forgot about being brave. He forgot about not being a disappointment. He felt himself heading into another faint. But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux's feet.
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For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups: I'm writing poems.
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What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?
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I think Tony Fucile, who did the illustrations [for Bink & Gollie], is an absolute genius. I've never met him.
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The sound of the king's music made Despereaux's soul grow large and light inside of him.
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Reading is my passion.
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The world is dark, and light is precious. Come closer, dear reader. You must trust me. I am telling you a story.
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If the world held magic powerful enough to make the elephant appear, then there must exist, too, magic in equal measure, magic powerful enough to undo what had been done.
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To me the book is like having a kid. I have to let it go out in the world, and great things will happen. Maybe they won't, but it has to keep on moving.
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Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted.
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Rob Horton, the main character of The Tiger Rising, was a secondary character in an adult short story I wrote, and he wouldn't go away after I'd finished the short story. I couldn't figure out what he wanted, so I wrote to find out.
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When we read together, we connect. Together, we see the world. Together, we see one another.
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I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.
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The origin of each story is unique.
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That is surely the truth, at least for now. But perhaps you have not noticed: the truth is forever changing.
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It is a bad thing to have love and nowhere to put it.
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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
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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 we wished we had a good story to work on. Alison said: Why don't we work on a story together? I said: A story about what? And Alison said: A story about a short girl and a tall girl.
Kate DiCamillo
I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
Kate DiCamillo