Kate DiCamillo Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. March 25, 1964
Birthday: March 25
The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears."
source: TeachingBooks.net Interview, www.teachingbooks.net. November 12, 2005. 
topic: Hero, Writing, Son, Despereaux, Unlikely Heroes
