

"Yes, this is the smallest gap between major novels for Kate, but I think once she started discovering their stories, the writing went quickly," said Tracy MIracle, DiCamillo's longtime publicist and senior executive director of publicity at Candlewick. "She says that it 'was like it was all just waiting.

This is fast for DiCamillo, who usually publishes a novel every two years. The third novel in the books for middle-grade students, "Beverly, Right Here," will be published in September by Candlewick Press.

They called themselves the Three Rancheros.Last fall, DiCamillo published her first-ever sequel (or companion book) when she wrote about the second Ranchero, Louisiana, in "Louisiana's Way Home."Īpparently not-that third Ranchero, Beverly, was close behind. In her 2016 novel "Raymie Nightingale," Minnesota writer Kate DiCamillo created three friends-Raymie, Louisiana and Beverly.
