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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.

Kate DiCamillo

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Else
Everything
Drafts
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Worked
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Books
Way
Lasts
Love
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Sound
Words

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