Kate dicamillo was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Florida. I majored in English and American literature in college and was engaged in the creation of adult short stories. I received a writer's grant from the Metwright Foundation on 1998. Wedeck the Stupid Dog is her first children's novel, which was selected by the New York Public Library as one of 100 books worth reading and sharing. Kate DiCamillo is a famous American children's literature writer, who is good at delicate psychological description and the characters are real and natural. Her works are very popular with readers.