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Mercy Watson was a character that had been in my head for a long time.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Head
Character
Long
Time
Watson
Mercy

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