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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
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Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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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 draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times - sometimes into a tape recorder - to make sure that it sounds right.
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If you have no intention of loving or being loved, the whole journey is pointless.
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Besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl? The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.
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Most of my books begin with an image or a voice - one small thing - and I don't know what it is going to become.
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I love words I love the way they sound. Once I've worked on everything else, the last drafts of my books come down to how they sound.
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