Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include ''The Poisonwood Bible'', the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and ''Animal, Vegetable, Miracle'', a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel ''Demon Copperhead''. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments.Kingsolver has received numerous awards, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award 2011 and the National Humanities Medal. After winning for ''The Lacuna'' in 2010 and ''Demon Copperhead'' in 2023, Kingsolver became the first author to win the Women's Prize for Fiction twice. Since 1993, each one of her book titles have been on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list.
Kingsolver was raised in rural Kentucky, lived briefly in the Congo in her early childhood, and she currently lives in Appalachia. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona, and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels. In 2000, the politically progressive Kingsolver established the Bellwether Prize to support "literature of social change". Provided by Wikipedia
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Demon Copperhead : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Homeland and other stories / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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The bean trees : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Holding the line : women in the great Arizona mine strike of 1983 / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Animal dreams : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Pigs in heaven : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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High tide in Tucson : essays from now or never / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Another America = Otra América / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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The poisonwood Bible : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Prodigal summer : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Small wonder / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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The lacuna : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Flight behavior : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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The poisonwood Bible : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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The bean trees / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Unsheltered : a novel / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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Holding the line : women in the great Arizona mine strike of 1983 / by Kingsolver, Barbara
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