Barbara Kingsolver

    • Born: April 8, 1955
    • Birthplace: Annapolis, Maryland
    • Literary Genre: Fiction
    • Awards: National Humanities Medal
    • College: DePauw University
    • Founder of the Bellwether Prize
    • Debut novel: The Bean Trees published in 1988
    • Band: Rock Bottom Reminders
    • Spouse: Stephen Hopp
    • Child: Lily Hopp
  • Barbara Kingsolver is an American author of novels, short stories, poems and essays.
  • Career

    Barbara Kingsolver's debut novel The Bean Treess was published in 1988 to critical praise. That and her following novels dealt with the environment, class struggles, Native American land rights, and her most recent book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle chronicles her family's year of eating locally. Kingsolver's books have garnered the attention of the Pulitzer Prize (for which she was shortlisted), the New York Times best seller list, and have even been the featured selection on Oprah's Book Club.
  • Notable Works

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