Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver was born April 8th, 1955 in Anapolis, MD. She then grew up in rural Kentucky, in the middle of the woods and pastures. Her parents liked basically any type or form of reading for education. Around the age of eight she started to keep a journal after she was given a tiny read diary with a lock as a gift. Barbara's first published work was called"Why We Need a New Elementary School". Her writing was noticed by teacher's because she would always over write. Her teachers would assign a two page essay and she would turn it into ten pages. Even at a young age she started to experience the diffenent places throughout the world becuse her father would take her and her siblings to different countries where he would "donate his services as a physician to people in extreme need".  Later on in her life she furthered her education more by enrolling in  and attended the De Pauw University in 1973. Four years later she earned her Bachelors degree and moved to France for a few years, then moved to Tuscon Arizona where she attended the University of Arizona and since 1985 she has worked as a freelance writer and author and had also married a man named Joseph Hoffmann. Three years after she was married she wrote her first book The Bean Trees. After college she had traveled and lived in various different places around the world such as England, France, The Canary Islands, Europe, Africa, Asia, Mexico, and South America. After her traveling and moving around to different places Barbara lived in Tuscon, Arizona for about 20 years, before she moved to Virgina where she is currently living. She has written about 13 books of her own throughout her life thus far. All of her books have been translated "into more than two dozen languages". Her books have also been adopted into educational programs from all grades through out the United States. She was named by Readers Digests as "one of the most important writers of the 20th century". Barbara's books have gotten many awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, the Orange Prize, National Book Award of South Africa, James Beard Award, and many more. Barbara Kingsolver her self got the National Humanities Metal in 2000. The National Humanities Metal is the highest honor to have in the United States for "service through the arts". She had also established "the Bellwether prize for fiction" in 1998.
In 1987, Barbara had a daughter named Camille, and nine years later her second daughter Lily was born. She has a husband, his name is Steven Hopp and he teached environment studies to students. Her and her family now live on a farm in Southern Appalachia. Barbara Kingsolver claims that "her best work is accomplished through writing, raising her children" and also "being an active citizen" within her community. She is also very grateful and happy for everything she has and the support of her readers and fans.


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