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Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a non-fiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments. Each of her books published since 1993 has been on the New York Times Best Seller list. Kingsolver has received numerous awards, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award 2011, UK's Orange Prize for Fiction 2010, for The Lacuna, and the National Humanities Medal.
BornApril 08, 1955, Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, poet, essayist
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Arizona
Period1988–present
GenreHistorical fiction
SubjectSocial justice, feminism, environmentalism
Notable worksThe Poisonwood Bible, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Flight Behavior
SpouseJoseph Hoffmann (1985–1992), Steven Hopp (1994–present)
ChildrenCamille, Lily

About Barbara Kingsolver

Novelist Barbara Kingsolver was born on April 8, 1955 in Maryland, United States (She's 68 years old now).

She is best known for The Poisonwood Bible (1998), a novel about a missionary family who relocates to the Belgian Congo. Her nonfiction work Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, published in 2007, chronicled her family's trial of consuming exclusively locally sourced food.

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Barbara Kingsolver before becoming famous

Barbara Kingsolver was born in the Zodiac sign Aries (The Ram), and 1955 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She earned a Master's degree in evolutionary biology and ecology from the University of Arizona after studying classical piano and biology at DePauw University in Indiana. Her first novel, The Bean Trees, was released in 1988.

Achievement of Barbara Kingsolver

She was a founding member of the Rock Bottom Remainders, a punk band.

Barbara Kingsolver's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1994, she married Steven Hopp. Lily, the couple's daughter, arrived two years later.

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President US President Bill Clinton presented her with the National Humanities Medal.

Barbara Kingsolver Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Barbara Kingsolver updated on March 09 2023.