To find out about Kate DiCamillo and her life, check out these websites:

http://www.katedicamillo.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_DiCamillo

http://www.candlewick.com/authill.asp?b=Author&m=bio&id=1989&pix=y

http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/katedicamillo.htm

http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-dicamillo-kate.asp

http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=573

Here are some interviews with Ms. DiCamillo. She talks a lot about her life in several of them!

http://www.teachingbooks.net/content/DiCamillo_trans.pdf

http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-dicamillo-kate.asp

http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/events/dicamillo/transcript_flat_012805.htm

http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/events/dicamillo/transcript_2003.htm

http://www.bookpage.com/0309bp/kate_dicamillo.html

To learn about Winn-Dixie stores, visit this website:

http://www.winn-dixie.com/

To find out about Ms. DiCamillo's writing and editing processes, check out these websites:

http://content.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=549
(check out the slide show and drafts in step three on this page!)

http://www.katedicamillo.com/onwrit.html

Ms. DiCamillo won a special award for The Tale of Despereaux. Check out this website to find out about the award:

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/aboutnewbery/aboutnewbery.htm

These two sites are specifically about two of her books. Take a look!

http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?browse=title&mode=book&isbn=0763617229

http://www.candlewick.com/cat.asp?mode=book&isbn=0763616052&browse=title