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There are so many difficult things and stories can make them palatable. That's the way I have always felt.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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Always
Things
Palatable
Difficult
Felt
Stories
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