Kingsolver's meticulously observed, elegantly structured novel unites social commentary with gripping storytelling. Its two intertwined narratives are set in Vineland, a real New Jersey town built ...

She was in her thirties when she published her first novel. And, since then, Barbara Kingsolver, 69, has published 17 books ...

Barbara Kingsolver's essays are like conversations ... encouraged her to write — for which the author thanks me in the book's preface. Having been her editor, I confess, was a pleasure.

In a plot that sheds light on the impacts of poverty, lack of education and a drug epidemic, Demon Copperhead by Barbara ...

Barbara Kingsolver, this year's recipient of a National Book Award medal for literary achievement, remembers well the years ...