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There's nothing more fabulous than an adult saying to you, I think that you might like this one [book]. So I'm grateful every time that happens. It's an amazing thing that people care that passionately.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.
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Farewell” is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by 2 oversize mice in black hoods. Words that you would like to hear are “Take me instead, I will go to the dungeon in my sons place.” There is a great deal of comfort in those words.
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I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.
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What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?
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Rob Horton, the main character of The Tiger Rising, was a secondary character in an adult short story I wrote, and he wouldn't go away after I'd finished the short story. I couldn't figure out what he wanted, so I wrote to find out.
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