Barbara Kingsolver has become the first woman to ever win the Woman’s Prize for Fiction twice 👏
From that night it took Barbara three years to finish the novel and at 68 she feels like she is ‘at the peak of my career’.
Authors Barbara Kingsolver, Jacqueline Crooks, Priscilla Morris, Laline Paull, Louise Kennedy and Maggie O’Farrell who were all shortlisted When it came to giving a word of advice to aspiring writers, Barbara had a rather niche piece tip: ‘ Don’t smoke, because people go to literary fiction for wisdom and wisdom comes with age, so whatever you can do to help yourself live longer, do that.She also said: ‘Think about what you have to say. Find what it is that matters most to you, find that passion that will sit you down in a chair and bring you back, day after day after day for the years it takes.
Barbara is extremely qualified to give advice after winning the Women’s Prize for Fiction for the first time back in 2010 with her novel The Lacuna, and she has also been shortlisted multiple times. Chair of Judges, author and journalist Louise Minchin said: ‘An expose of modern America, its opioid crisis and the detrimental treatment of deprived and maligned communities, Demon Copperhead tackles universal themes – from addiction and poverty, to family, love and the power of friendship and art – it packs a triumphant emotional punch and it is a novel that will withstand the test of time.
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