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Barbara Kingsolver

Biography

Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling books of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction include the novels The Bean Trees and The Poisonwood Bible. Translated into nineteen languages, her work has won a devoted worldwide readership and many awards, including the National Humanities Medal. Her most recent book is the highly praised, New York Times bestselling Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, published in May 2007. She lives with her family on a farm in southwestern Virginia.

Barbara Kingsolver

Books by Barbara Kingsolver

The Lacuna
by Barbara Kingsolver - Fiction
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver - Memoir, Nonfiction
Prodigal Summer: A Novel
by Barbara Kingsolver - Fiction
The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club)
by Barbara Kingsolver - Fiction

In 1959, Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist, takes his four young daughters, his wife, and his mission to the Belgian Congo --- a place, he is sure, where he can save needy souls. But the seeds they plant bloom in tragic ways within this complex culture.

Pigs in Heaven
by Barbara Kingsolver - Fiction
The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver - Fiction

Looking to escape an oppressive upbringing in rural Kentucky, Marietta Greer heads west in a beat-up Volkswagen. By the time her car breaks down in Tucson, she has with her a stunned, silent three-year-old Cherokee girl who was, literally, dropped into her arms one night and who Marietta names Turtle. Here in Tucson, among a group of fellow travelers, Marietta and Turtle create new lives and redefine the meanings of home and family.

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