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Kate DiCamillo biography

Kate DiCamillo is an American author known for her contributions to children’s literature. Her debut novel, Because of Winn-Dixie, was published in 2000 by Candlewick Press and received a Newbery Honor in 2001. In 2003, she published The Tale of Despereaux, which won the Newbery Medal in 2004. DiCamillo’s 2009 novel, The Magician’s Elephant, was a New York Times bestseller.

Her 2013 book, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, received the Newbery Medal in 2014. DiCamillo has also written the Mercy Watson series, beginning with Mercy Watson to the Rescue in 2005, and the Bink & Gollie series, co-authored with Alison McGhee. Bink & Gollie won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award in 2011.

DiCamillo served as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature in the United States from 2014 to 2015. Her works have been translated into multiple languages and adapted for film and stage. In 2021, she published The Beatryce Prophecy, illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

Kate DiCamillo’s books have received numerous accolades, including two Newbery Medals and a Newbery Honor.