What is Kate DiCamillo's Net Worth?
Kate DiCamillo is an American children's fiction writer who has a net worth of $10 million. Kate DiCamillo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and suffered from chronic pneumonia. She won Newbery Medals for "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" for her 2003 novel The Tale of Despereaux and her 2013 novel Flora and Ulysses. In 2000 she was a runner-up for the Newbery Honor Book for Because of Winn-Dixie.
She was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for 2014-2015. DiCamillo has also authored the novels The Tiger Rising, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician's Elephant. She has authored the Bink & Gollie series and the Mercy Watson series and the picture books Great Joy and Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken.
