Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Kingsolver at the 2019 National Book Festival
Kingsolver at the 2019 National Book Festival
Born (1955-04-08) April 8, 1955 (age 69)
Annapolis, Maryland,
U.S.
Occupation
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Arizona
Period1988–present
GenreHistorical fiction
SubjectSocial justice, feminism, environmentalism
Notable works
Spouse
  • Joseph Hoffmann (1985–1992)
  • Steven Hopp (1994–present)
Children
  • Camille
  • Lily
Website
www.kingsolver.com

Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet.

In 2000 she received the National Humanities Medal.[1] In 2011 she was given the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her life's work.[2]

Her novel, The Poisonwood Bible was a finalist for the Pultizer Prize in Fiction for 1999.[3]

Books[change | change source]

  • The Bean Trees (1988)
  • Homeland (1989)
  • Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike (1989)
  • Animal Dreams (1990)
  • Another America (1992)
  • Pigs in Heaven (1993)
  • High Tide in Tucson (1995)
  • The Poisonwood Bible (1998)
  • Prodigal Summer (2000)
  • Small Wonder (2002)
  • Last Stand: America’s Virgin Lands (2002)
  • Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (2007)
  • The Lacuna (2009)
  • Flight Behavior (2012)
  • Unsheltered (2018)
  • How To Fly (In 10,000 Easy Lessons) (2020)

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. "White House Announces the 2000 National Humanities Medalists". The National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  2. "Award Winners – Dayton Literary Peace Prize". Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. "Fiction". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.