Barbara Kingsolver was born on April 8, 1955. She is a novelist whose work has garnered attention for its focus on social justice, climate change, and community. Raised in rural Kentucky, Kingsolver later went on to attend college at DePauw University in Indiana, where she majored in biology. Kingsolver was involved in several activist groups on campus. After completing her degree, she went on to earn a master's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. Throughout her graduate education, Kingsolver worked as a science writer, which later transformed into a full-time writing career as Kingsolver began to write for news publications and publish short stories...
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