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
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
1964-03-25
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Race/Ethnicity
white (author)
Gender Identity
woman (author)
Sexuality
unspecified sexuality (author)
Occupation
author
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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