The author of the book ‘Barbara Kingsolver’ is Barbara Kingsolver. The book is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The story is set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. The story is about a boy born to a teenage single mother in a single-wide trailer, who navigates through the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.