Barbara Kingsolver is an American author of novels, short stories, poems and essays.

Barbara Kingsolver's debut novel The Bean Trees was published in 1988 to critical praise. That and her following novels dealt with the environment, class struggles, Native American land rights. Her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life chronicles her family's year of eating locally. The novel made the New York Times best seller list as did The Poisonwood Bible. Kingsolver's books have garnered the attention of the Pulitzer Prize (for which she was shortlisted), and have even been the featured selection on Oprah's Book Club.

In The Lacuna written in 2008, the acclaimed author tells the story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man who is caught between two worlds. He is a memorable protagonist whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of some of the twentieth century’s most tumultuous events.http://www.harpercollins.com/

In her novel Prodigal Summer, Kingsolver weaves together several stories which, all reach a simultaneous conclusion at the end. The plot examines the coyote population of the United States, and there is a torrid romance between two of the characters in the book.

• 1988: The Bean Trees
• 1990: Animal Dreams
• 1992: Another America
• 1993: Pigs in Heavan
• 1998: The Posonwood Bible
• 2000: Prodigal Summer
• 2007: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle