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Kate DiCamillo has won two Newbery Medals, which are given annually by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) to the author of the most distinguished American children's book published in the United States the previous year. She won her first Newbery Medal in 2004 for her novel Because of Winn-Dixie and her second Newbery Medal in 2007 for her novel The Tale of Despereaux.