Given the question: Read the bio below and try to give details on barbara kingsolver 's: - period - notableworks - subject - genre - spouse - children - birth date - name - nationality - birth place - occupation Bio: barbara kingsolver -lrb- born april 8 , 1955 -rrb- is an american novelist , essayist and poet . she was raised in rural kentucky and lived briefly in the congo in her early childhood . kingsolver earned degrees in biology at depauw university and the university of arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels . her widely known works include '' the poisonwood bible '' , the tale of a missionary family in the congo , and '' animal , vegetable , miracle '' , a non-fiction account of her family 's attempts to eat locally . her work often focuses on topics such as social justice , biodiversity and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments . each of her books published since 1993 has been on the '' new york times '' best seller list . kingsolver has received numerous awards , including the dayton literary peace prize 's richard c. holbrooke distinguished achievement award 2011 , uk 's orange prize for fiction 2010 , for '' the lacuna '' , and the national humanities medal . she has been nominated for the pen/faulkner award and the pulitzer prize . in 2000 , kingsolver established the bellwether prize to support '' literature of social change '' .
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- period is 1988 -- present- notableworks is '' vegetable , miracle '' the poisonwood bible '' ; '' animal ,- subject is social justice , feminism , environmentalism- genre is historical fiction- spouse is joseph -lrb- 1994 -- present -rrb- hoffmann -lrb- 1985 -- 1992 -rrb- steven hopp- children is camille lily- birth date is 08 april 1955- name is barbara kingsolver- nationality is united states- birth place is annapolis , maryland , united states- occupation is novelist , poet , essayist