DiCamillo, Kate

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Title

DiCamillo, Kate

Description

DiCamillo's first book, Because of Winn-Dixie, was published in 2000, while she was working at a book warehouse in Minneapolis, MN; it was named a Newbery Award Honor Book. She was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2004 for The Tale of Despereaux (2003) and in 2014 for Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures (2013). DiCamillo has written and published more than 25 books, including chapter books and picture books. Some have her works have been adapted into other forms, including film, opera, and musical theatre. She is known for the lyrical beauty of her prose and for her painstaking revision process.

Type

Person

Source

"About." Kate DiCamillo: Stories Connect Us, https://www.katedicamillostoriesconnectus.com/about/. Accessed 9 January 2022.
"Kate DiCamillo." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_DiCamillo. Accessed 9 January 2022.
"Kate DiCamillo." Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kate-DiCamillo. Accessed 9 January 2022.
Kelly St-Jacques (cataloguer, 2022)

Rights

Photograph: "Kate DiCamillo at the 2018 U.S. National Book Festival" by Fuzheado, used under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Birth Date

1964-03-25

Birthplace

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Race/Ethnicity

white (author)

Gender Identity

woman (author)

Sexuality

unspecified sexuality (author)

Occupation

author

Files

2018-us-nationalbookfestival-kate-dicamillo.jpg

Citation

“DiCamillo, Kate,” Windows and Mirrors: Diversity in Books for Young Readers, accessed November 13, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/windowsandmirrors/items/show/6.

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