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Born in Maryland but grew up in Nicholas County, rural Kentucky.<p><b>Father:</b> Wendell R. Kingsolver (physician)<br><b>Mother:</b> Virginia Henry<br><b>Husband:</b> Joseph Hoffman (1st, chemist, m. 1985, div. 1993)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Camille (b. 1988)<br><b>Husband:</b> Steven Hopp (2nd)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Lily (b. 1996)<br><p> High School: Nicholas County High School, Nicholas County, KY<br> University: <a href="/edu/673/000068469/">BS Biology, DePauw University (1977)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/761/000068557/">MS, University of Arizona</a><br><p> <a href="/honors/390/000105075/">National Humanities Medal</a> 2000<br> <a href="/music/958/000052802/">The Rock Bottom Remainders</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/712/000075487/">Insomnia</a><br> <p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.kingsolver.com/" target=_blank>http://www.kingsolver.com/</a><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>The Bean Trees</i> (<tt>1988</tt>, novel)<br><i>Homeland and Other Stories</i> (<tt>1989</tt>, collection)<br><i>Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983</i> (<tt>1989</tt>, nonfiction)<br><i>Animal Dreams</i> (<tt>1990</tt>, novel)<br><i>Another America, Otra America</i> (<tt>1992</tt>, poetry)<br><i>Pigs in Heaven</i> (<tt>1993</tt>, novel)<br><i>The Poisonwood Bible</i> (<tt>1998</tt>, novel, A New York Times bestseller)<br><i>The Beantrees, A Novel</i> (<tt>1998</tt>)<br><i>Prodigal Summer</i> (<tt>2000</tt>, novel)<br><i>Small Wonder</i> (<tt>2002</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=32139"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=32139">Barbara Kingsolver</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=32139" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>