Jollying Yourself Along With Kate DiCamillo

First Draft Episode #235: Kate DiCamillo

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 Newberry 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 Newberry Medal book Bud,
Not Buddy and Newberry Honor book The Watsons Go to
Birmingham 1963 and Elijah of Buxton




Katherine Paterson, author of Newberry Medal books Bridge to
Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved, as well as Newberry Honor
book The Great Gilly Hopkins




Karen Hesse, author of Newberry 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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