Barbara Kingsolver
American novelist whose The Poisonwood Bible is a celebrated exploration of American imperialism in the Congo. Demon Copperhead won the Pulitzer Prize in 2023. She is one of the most widely read American literary novelists with a political conscience.
Works
- The Poisonwood BibleEpic about an American missionary family's disillusionment in colonial Congo
- Prodigal SummerNovel about interconnected lives and ecological restoration in Kentucky
- Animal DreamsNovel about an ornithologist woman and ecological activism in the American Southwest
- Demon CopperheadNovel about an Appalachian girl's traumatic upbringing and path to survival
- Flight BehaviorNovel about monarch butterflies and climate change in rural Pennsylvania
- The Bean TreesNovel about a woman and her adopted children escaping an abusive marriage
- Pigs in HeavenNovel about a family's journey and the girl they adopt, Turtle