Kate DiCamillo

About

Kate DiCamillo is the author of award-wining and bestselling books for young readers, including The Tale of Despereaux, which received a Newbery medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which was a Newbery Honor book; The Tiger Rising, which was a National Book Award finalist; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; and Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, a Newbery Medal winner. Kate DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis.