Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver was born in 1955 and grew up in rural Kentucky. She earned degrees in biology from DePauw University and the University of Arizona and has worked as a freelance writer and author since 1985. She is the author of 18 books, which include works of fiction, non-fiction, essays, short stories, and poetry. Her best-known works include The Poisonwood Bible, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Demon Copperhead (a modern retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield) for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Women’s Prize for fiction in 2023. Her books have been translated into more than 30 languages and have been adopted into the core literature curriculum in schools throughout the US. She has two daughters and a husband, Steven Hopp, who teaches environmental studies. Since 2004, she and her family have lived on a farm in southern Appalachia where they raise an extensive vegetable garden and Icelandic sheep. She believes her best work is accomplished through writing and being an active citizen of her own community.