Kingsolver

American  

[king-sol-ver] / ˈkɪŋˌsɒl vər /

noun

1. Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.

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Example Sentences

This has been such a great few years for retellings of the classics — from Barbara Kingsolver’s updated David Copperfield to Salman Rushdie’s zany Don Quixote.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m reading a book by Barbara Kingsolver right now called “Unsheltered.”

From Los Angeles Times

For me, for both plot and artistic writing: Jodi Picoult, Barbara Kingsolver and Tana French.

From Los Angeles Times

Starting in the late 1980s in western Virginia, Kingsolver’s reimagining of “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens combines a rebuke of the modern foster care system with the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic.

From Los Angeles Times

Kingsolver’s empathetic portrait reminds us of the strength and resilience, and often defiance, of these communities.

From Los Angeles Times