Kate DiCamillo
By: E. B.
• Kate DiCamillo is the
author of the award
winning children's
book, because of
Winn-Dixie.
• She has also written
the Tail of
Despereaux, The
Miraculous Tales of
Edward Tulane, and
Mercy Watson.
Where she lives?
• She was born in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, raised
in Clermont, Florida
and currently lives in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
• She loves to eat but
cannot cook!
• She is not married
and has no kids but
she is an aunt to 3
wonderful kids Luke,
Roxanne, and Max
Childhood friend
• When she was little
she had a poodle
named Nanette.
• She loved to dress
her up especially in a
green tutu and then a
disco dancer.
• She was a very sick kid.
• When they moved to
Florida she was suffered
from chronic pneumonia.
• She used books to see
what the world was like
when she was always
trapped inside.
Writing
• Writing has always
been a dream of
Kate's but she didn’t
start till she was 29
• She got a job at a
book warehouse and
she was surrounded
by tons of children's
books it wasn’t long
until she fell in love
with them.
Because of Winn-Dixie
• She wrote because of
Winn-Dixie because
she was homesick for
Florida [she lived in
Minneapolis at the
time] she wanted a
dog but the apartment
she livee in didn’t
allow them.
Rewards
• Kate says that the most
rewarding part about
being an author is getting
letters from kids.
• She said one day a kid
wrote and said, “I didn’t
like books but after WinnDixie I love them!” that’s
what makes it all worth
while.
Honor
• Kate Dicamillo won the
Newberry award for
Because of Winn-Dixie
It was a dream come true
for her she said nobody
was surprised as she
was, “After the Newbery
committee called me, I
spent the whole days
walking into walls.”
“Literally," she says. "I
was stunned. And very,
very happy."
Luke Bailey
• One day a her best friends son
asked her to write a story for
him her is there conversation”
'Well,' I said, 'I don't normally
write stories on command.' 'But
this is a story that I know you
would want to tell,' he said. 'It's
about an unlikely hero. He has
exceptionally large ears.' 'What
happens to this hero?' I asked.
'I don't know,' he said. 'That's
why I want you to write it down,
so you can find out.” So the
Tail of Desperaux was made.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward
Tulane
• One year she got a toy
rabbit for Christmas
• I brought him home,
placed him on a chair in
my living room, and
promptly forgot about
him. A few days later, I
dreamed that the rabbit
was face-down on the
ocean floor - lost, and
waiting to be found.
• So Edward Tulane
became a book
• Some people may think
well what does an author
do all day? Does she write
a book a day sit home and
think about her next
chapter? No
• She said her goal is to
write 2 pages a day 5 days
a week she says
"E. B. White said, 'All that I
hope to say in books, all
that I ever hope to say, is
that I love the world,' " she
says. "That's the way I feel
too."
What she wrote her pride and joy
Inspiration
• These are Kate's
inspiring words to writers
to be everywhere “If you
want to be a writer, write
a little bit every day. Pay
attention to the world
around you. Stories are
hiding, waiting
everywhere. You just
have to open your eyes
and your heart.”
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