I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
Kate DiCamilloWhat was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?
Kate DiCamilloI grew up in Florida, and I wanted to go home and I couldn't. I didn't have the money. The book [The Tiger Rising] was a way to go home.
Kate DiCamilloWe [me and Alison McGhee] probably wouldn't have said that when we were writing the stories, but it is so apparent to me in the finished product. For me, looking at Bink, it's like looking at myself on the page in a way that I've never experienced with any other book that I've written.
Kate DiCamillo