Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the late 1990s, and Kate DiCamillo was discouraged about ever having a writing career. Working as a “book picker” ...

When readers discuss the 25-year-old “Because of Winn-Dixie,” it’s like they’re talking about a book that came out yesterday. In a way, it’s as if it did, since most of them have read the book over ...

Ahead of an event in Houston, DiCamillo, the author of titles like “The Tale of Despereaux” and “Because of Winn-Dixie,” discusses how themes from her childhood often reappear in her work, including ...

The Minneapolis writer will introduce a screening of the 2005 movie version of “Winn-Dixie,” which stars AnnaSophia Robb, Oscar winner Eva Marie Saint and musician Dave Matthews in the story of a girl ...

It was the late 1990s, and Kate DiCamillo was discouraged about ever having a writing career. Working as a “book picker” fulfilling orders at the Bookmen distribution company in Minneapolis, she had ...