DiCamillo has described as ironic, because as a child she avoided such books. In 2020 the author Ann Patchett published an essay in The New York Times describing reading DiCamillo's work as an adult and recommending that others read them too, describing her work as a whole as "sui generis, each one extraordinary". List of works Novels Chapter books Bink & Gollie series (Candlewick Press), text by DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illus. Tony Fucile Bink & Gollie (2010) Bink & Gollie: Two for One (2012) Bink & Gollie: Best Friends Forever (2013) Mercy Watson series (Candlewick Press), text by DiCamillo, illus. Chris Van Dusen Mercy Watson to the Rescue (2005) Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (2006) Mercy Watson Fights Crime (2006) Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise (2007) Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig (2008) Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009) A Very Mercy Christmas (2022) Tales from Deckawoo Drive series, text by DiCamillo, illus. Chris Van Dusen Leroy Ninker Saddles Up: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume One (2014) Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume Two (2015) Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume Three (2016) Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume Four (2017) Picture books Short stories "Your Question for Author Here", text by DiCamillo and Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: Funny Business (HarperCollins, 2010) "The Third Floor Bedroom", in Chris Van Allsburg, et al., The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011) References Bibliography External links Kate DiCamillo papers at University of Minnesota Libraries Profile of Kate DiCamillo by Andrea Tompa, one of her editors 1964 births American children's writers American writers of Italian descent Newbery Honor winners Newbery Medal winners Novelists from Florida Writers from Philadelphia University of Florida alumni Living people People from Clermont, Florida Writers from Minneapolis 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American women children's writers American women novelists Novelists from Pennsylvania Novelists from Minnesota Women science fiction and fantasy writers