Ecofiction

After the publication of The Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver rose to a position of authority in feminist writings and ecofiction for her command of political allegory set during the Congo's turbulent emergence from colonialism.

This coming-of-age story signals that eco-fiction has come of age as well: wilder, more reckless and more breathtaking than previously thought, a wager and a promise that what emerges from the 21st century will be as good as any from the 20th, or the 19th.

In 1941, George R. Stewart’s novel “Storm” — chronicling the 12-day life of a fictional cyclone — was published. It is, arguably, the first modern eco-fiction novel.