What is Barbara Kingsolver?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | image = Barbara Kingsolver (48684513758) (cropped).jpg | caption = Kingsolver at the 2019 [[National Book Festival]] | name = Barbara Kingsolver | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|04|08|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Annapolis, Maryland]],<br />U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Novelist * poet * [[essayist]] }} | nationality = American | period = 1988–present | genre = Historical fiction | subject = Social justice, feminism, environmentalism | movement = | notableworks = {{Bulleted list|''[[The Poisonwood Bible]]''|''[[Animal, Vegetable, Miracle]]''|''[[Flight Behavior]]''}} | alma_mater = [[University of Arizona]] | spouse = {{Unbulleted list|Joseph Hoffmann (1985–1992)|Steven Hopp (1994–present)}} | partner = | children = {{Unbulleted list|Camille|Lily}} | relatives = | website = {{URL|www.kingsolver.com}} }} '''Barbara Kingsolver''' (born April 8, 1955) is an American [[novelist]], [[essayist]] and [[poet]]. In 2000 she received the [[National Humanities Medal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=White House Announces the 2000 National Humanities Medalists|url=https://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2000-12-15|access-date=2023-01-23|website=The National Endowment for the Humanities|language=en}}</ref> In 2011 she was given the [[Dayton Literary Peace Prize]] for her life's work.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Award Winners – Dayton Literary Peace Prize|url=https://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/award-winners/|access-date=2023-01-23|language=en}}</ref> Her novel, ''The Poisonwood Bible'' was a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pultizer Prize in Fiction]] for 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022|title=Fiction|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/219|access-date=January 23, 2023|website=The Pulitzer Prizes}}</ref> ==Books== *''The Bean Trees'' (1988) *''Homeland'' (1989) *''Holding the Line: Wo