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An American author has made history to become the first person to win the Women's Prize for Fiction twice.
Barbara Kingsolver claimed the award for Demon Copperhead, a class conscious modern reimagining of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. She previously won in 2010 for her fourth novel, The Lacuna.
Ms Kingsolver, 68, was presented with the anonymously endowed £30,000 prize and bronze figurine 'Bessie' by the Chair of Judges Louise Minchin at a ceremony in London last night.
The other five shortlisted books were Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks, Trespasses by Louise Kennedy, Pod by Laline Paull, Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris and The Marriage Portrait by former winner Maggie O'Farrell.
Barbara Kingsolver claimed the award for Demon Copperhead, a class conscious modern reimagining of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. She previously won in 2010 for her fourth novel, The Lacuna
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