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I have done quite a few signings at bookstores, libraries and conferences. I have received phone calls and letters from people who liked the book.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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