Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist and essayist known for literary fiction with environmental and social justice themes.

Her most celebrated works include *The Poisonwood Bible* (1998), about a missionary family in the Congo, and *Demon Copperhead* (2022), a retelling of Dickens set in Appalachian opioid country, which won the Pulitzer Prize.

Her writing often explores rural life, ecological awareness, and class in America.