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I think Tony Fucile, who did the illustrations [for Bink & Gollie], is an absolute genius. I've never met him.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Illustration
Absolutes
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Gollie
Never
Bink
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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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