American author Barbara Kingsolver has won the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction with her 10th novel Demon Copperhead (published by Faber & Faber).
It was unanimously chosen by the judges, and is the second time Kingsolver has won the prize – she is the first double winner of the prize, having won in 2010 with The Lacuna.
Kingsolver is a contemporary American author of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, critical commentary, and journalism.
Demon Copperhead is a heartfelt, gritty, poignant novel set in the Appalachian mountains in Virginia, US.
A reimagining of Dickens’ David Copperfield for modern times, it tells the story of the relentless struggles and triumphs of a boy born into poverty as he navigates foster care, labour exploitation, addiction, love and loss, while grappling with his invisibility in a…