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Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American writer. She has written, or collaborated on, 12 books, most of which are novels, but including some poems, short stories and essays. Kingsolver established the Bellwether Prize for "literature of social change", named after the bellwether.

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An employee displays an undated negative that shows Mexican artist Diego Rivera, right, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, center, and an unidentified man, in Mexico City, Friday, May 29, 2009. Unpublished pictures of Mexico's artists Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and former Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky will be auction on Saturday. Diego Rivera
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CHICAGO - SEPTEMBER 18: Author Dan Brown's new book The Lost Symbol is offered for sale at 57th Street Books September 18, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The book, by the author of The Da Vinci Code, sold more than 1 million copies on the day it was released. Dan Brown
An employee displays an undated negative that shows Mexican artist Diego Rivera, right, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, center, and an unidentified man, in Mexico City, Friday, May 29, 2009. Unpublished pictures of Mexico's artists Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and former Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky will be auction on Saturday. Leon Trotsky
World War II veteran Milton Christian, 84, of Derry, N.H., gets a kiss from his wife, Charlotte, 76, after Christian was presented the Bronze Star Medal by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, back facing center, during a ceremony in Derry, N.H., Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Christian had been previously awarded a number of military service awards, including the Purple Heart, but until today had not received the Bronze Star Medal. Since Christian's military records were destroyed in a fire, Shaheen and her staff worked with Christian to produce documentation of his service and to obtain the long overdue award. World War II
Seattle Sounders' Stephen King, left, battles with Houston Dynamo's John Michael Hayden, right, in overtime of a U.S. Open Cup semifinal soccer match against the Houston Dynamo Tuesday, July 21, 2009 in Tukwila, Wash. King scored the winning goal in overtime to give the Sounders a 2-1 win and a trip to the U.S. Open Cup against DC United on Sept. 2, 2009. Stephen King
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US actor Harisson Ford arrives with US actress Calista Flockhart to attend the screening of the movie 'The proposal' on september 12, 2009 at the 35th US film festival in Deauville, western France. Ford Motor Company
In this 1973 file photo originally released by MGM, director Michael Crichton, right, and producer Paul Lazarus III, are shown on the set of "Westworld." Crichton died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Los Angeles, at age 66. He had been privately battling cancer, according to his family. Michael Crichton
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 01: Author Malcolm Gladwell attends the premiere screening of 'Faces of America' at the Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on February 1, 2010 in New York City. Malcolm Gladwell
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Mississippi coach Renee Ladner, left, Kayla Melson , center and Elizabeth Robertson, right, celebrate after Mississippi beat LSU 102-101 in triple overtime in an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, in Baton Rouge, La. Mississippi

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