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Kate DiCamillo is an award-winning American children's book author.
DiCamillo was born on March 25, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. She was a sick child. She stayed inside her house. She moved to Florida when she was five years old. She graduated from the University of Florida in 1987 with an english degree. She is now the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, chosen by the Librarian of Congress. She speaks to people about children’s literature. She calls her work "stories connect us". Towns, schools, and hospitals across America join in this. She has made books like A Piglet Named Mercy in 2019, and Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible in June 2020. She has written almost 20 books.
DiCamillo won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux in 2004, then again in 2014 for Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award and a Newbery Honor for Because of Winn-Dixie. She was also given the Award for Young People’s Literature for The Tiger Rising. Some of her other awards are a National Book Award finalist for her book Raymie Nightingale in 2016, and a New York Bestselling author for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.