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Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, poet, and political activist known for works exploring social justice, biodiversity, family dynamics, and human-environment interactions.[1][3] Her breakthrough novel *The Poisonwood Bible* (1998) became a bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection, while *Demon Copperhead* (2022) earned the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making her the first author to win the Women's Prize twice.[1][7] She grew up in rural Kentucky, earned biology degrees from DePauw University and the University of Arizona, and now lives on a farm in southwestern Virginia.[4][7]

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