First Draft Episode #235: Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, for her novels The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses, and author of Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, National Book Award finalist The Tiger Rising, as well as New York Times bestselling novels The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician’s Elephant, the Mercy Watson series, and more. DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature for 2014 and 2015. Her most recent novel, Beverly, Right Here completes the trilogy of Raymie Nightingale and Louisiana’s Way Home.
This episode of First Draft is brought to you by Steven Sater’s Alice By Heart, a debut young adult novel in which the Tony Award-winning co-creator of Spring Awakening tells the story of a young girl who takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and first love with the help of her favorite book, Alice in Wonderland. Alice By Heart is out from Penguin Random House now.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Christopher Paul Curtis, author of Newbery Medal book Bud, Not Buddy and Newbery Honor book The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 and Elijah of Buxton
Katherine Paterson, author of Newbery Medal books Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved, as well as Newbery Honor book The Great Gilly Hopkins
Karen Hesse, author of Newbery Medal book Out of the Dust
Kara LaReau was Kate’s editor for Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tiger Rising, The Tale of Despereaux
Poets & Writers magazine
Holly McGhee, founder and creative director at Pippin Properties
Blank Check with Griffin and David (podcast)
The quote Kate shares from Katherine Paterson is from Paterson’s 1988 essay, “Hope is More Than Happiness.” (New York Times).
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen And How to Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
Karen Lotz, president of Candlewick
Linda Sue Park, author of A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story and A Single Shard
Kate was also the 2014 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto, State of Wonder, The Magician’s Assistant, and many more, owns Parnassus bookstore in Nashville, Tenn.
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