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Barbara Kingsolver

(b.1955)

Barbara Kingsolver was born in 1955 and grew up in eastern Kentucky. Her books include poetry, non-fiction and award-winning fiction, and in 1999 she was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for The Poisonwood Bible (recently voted Britain's favourite reading group book). She lives with her husband and daughter in southern Arizona and in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

Awards: Women's Prize (2023), Pulitzer (2023), James Tait Black (2022), LA Times (1993) see all

Genres: Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Children's Fiction

Series

Turtle
1. The Bean Trees (1988)
2. Pigs in Heaven (1993)

Novels

   Animal Dreams (1987)
   The Poisonwood Bible (1998)
   Prodigal Summer (2000)
   The Lacuna (2009)
   Flight Behavior (2012)
   Unsheltered (2018)
   Demon Copperhead (2022)

Collections

   Homeland (1989)
   Another America (poems) (1992)
   How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) (poems) (2020)

Series contributed to

Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001) (with Katrina Kenison)

Faber Stories
Homeland (2019)

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Books containing stories by Barbara Kingsolver

Sisters (2009)
An Anthology
edited by
Deborah Bull, Jan Freeman and Emily Wojcik

Writers on Writing (2001)
Collected Essays from The New York Times

Mid-Life Confidential (1994)
The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Chords and an Attitude
edited by
Stephen King, Dave Marsh and Amy Tan

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Awards

	2023 Women's Prize For Fiction : Demon Copperhead
	2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : Demon Copperhead
	2023 Indie Book Award for Fiction : Demon Copperhead
	2022 James Tait Black Memorial Prize : Demon Copperhead
	2010 Women's Prize For Fiction : The Lacuna
	1993 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction : Pigs in Heaven

Award nominations

	2024 British Book Award Page-turner of the Year (shortlist) : Demon Copperhead
	2023 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction (nominee) : Demon Copperhead
	2013 Women's Prize For Fiction (nominee) : Flight Behavior
	2011 Dublin Literary Award (nominee) : The Lacuna
	2010 PEN/Faulkner Award (nominee) : The Lacuna
	1999 Women's Prize For Fiction (nominee) : The Poisonwood Bible
	1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (nominee) : The Poisonwood Bible
	1999 PEN/Faulkner Award (nominee) : The Poisonwood Bible
	1999 Oprah's Book Club Award (nominee) : The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver recommends

Soldier Sailor (2023)
Claire Kilroy
"Kilroy packs a stunning worldly wisdom into her beautiful prose."

At the Edge of the Haight (2021)
Katherine Seligman
"What a read this is, right from its startling opening scene. But even more than plot, it’s the richly layered details that drive home a lightning bolt of empathy. To read At the Edge of the Haight is to live inside the everyday terror and longings of a world that most of us manage not to see, even if we walk past it on sidewalks every day. At a time when more Americans than ever find themselves at the edge of homelessness, this book couldn’t be more timely."

Outside Looking In (2019)
T C Boyle
"Boyle is a writer who chooses a large canvas and fills it to the edges."

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