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The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Started
Girl
Way
Alison
Tall
Short
Plans
Beyond

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