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Kingsolver

American  
[king-sol-ver] / ˈkɪŋˌsɒl vər /

noun

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


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In ‘Partita,’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Barbara Kingsolver weaves classical music and family tragedy into an intimate, resonant novel about second chances and self-discovery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It was there that she met Sigurd, and Ms. Kingsolver revels in the brief, halcyon period when Livia was rapturously in love and reaching new heights of musical mastery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

I’m pleased to share the results of my spelunking: a can-do, women-run novel from Barbara Kingsolver and a deeply weird, overlooked British story that puts a baby’s existence into grotesquely brilliant prose.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2024

Author Barbara Kingsolver thought something was wrong when all the phones in her Virginia home started going off on what seemed to be a regular day in May.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

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