Barbara Kingsolver is an American author whose books of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction include the novels Demon Copperhead, The Bean Trees, The Poisonwood Bible, and The Lacuna. Her work has won a devoted worldwide readership and has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Orange Prize for Fiction and the National Humanities Medal. Her writings have been incorporated into the core English literature curriculum of many colleges. She lives on a farm in Virginia.

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