It’s been nearly a decade since Barbara Kingsolver’s last novel, “Prodigal Summer,” was published, and her readers have been antsy. “The Lacuna” was certainly worth the wait — it’s her best novel yet.

LONDON (AP) — An Appalachian update on Charles Dickens and a tale told by a dolphin are among the six finalists announced Wednesday for the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction. American writer ...

Barbara Kingsolver left Tucson in June 2004 with two years worth of files and notes for her latest novel packed among the towels, dishes and clothes. Once she settled onto her Virginia farm, she began ...