And she got a movie deal, too! Kate DiCamillo is the Cinderella of Twin Cities writers, having gone from toiling in the Bookman warehouse to offering people pennies for paperbacks at Half-Price Books to winning a prestigious Newbery Medal and National Book Award honors. Now her first book, Because of Winn-Dixie, has been fashioned into a charming movie, starring Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, and Dave Matthews (yeah, that Dave Matthews) in the story of a little girl who finds a dog in need of a friend at the grocery store. Hollywood’s idea of a good-looking dog has never really matched ours, but hey–it’s a nice, family-friendly story. When are they making Kate’s own tale into a movie?
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