Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist and activist; author of The Poisonwood Bible and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; hook: winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Demon Copperhead. Raised between Kentucky and Africa, she trained in biology and began as a journalist. Her novels merge environmental themes, feminism, and social justice with lyrical storytelling, making her a defining voice in contemporary American literature.
📚 Spent part of her childhood in the Congo, an experience echoed in The Poisonwood Bible. 🎓 Studied biology and once worked in scientific outreach. ✍️ Started her career writing essays and journalism before fiction. 🌱 Chronicled her family’s year of living off their farm in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. 🏆 The Poisonwood Bible was a Pulitzer finalist; Demon Copperhead won in 2023. 💡 Themes of ecology, women’s rights, and social justice run through her work. 🎭 Known as a public intellectual and activist beyond literature. 🌍 Her novels are translated into dozens of languages worldwide. 😄 Jokes that gardening is her best editor — weeds won’t wait for inspiration.