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Kate DiCamillo [1964-0] American
Rank: 103
Author, Writer


Katrina Elizabeth "Kate" DiCamillo is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. She is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, recognizing her novels The Tale of Despereaux and Flora and Ulysses. Her best-known books for young children are Mercy Watson series illustrated by Chris Van Dusen.
DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress for the term comprising 2014 and 2015.


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Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
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Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.
102
I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
103
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
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It distresses me that parents insist that their children read or make them read. The best way for children to treasure reading is to see the adults in their lives reading for their own pleasure.
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I think of myself as an enormously lucky person.
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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Hands down, the biggest thrill is to get a letter from a kid saying, I loved your book. Will you write me another one?
108
I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
109
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
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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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I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
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My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.
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My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore.
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
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I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.
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I hate to cook and love to eat.
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