Pulitzer Prize winners and their works

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 2023 had two winners: Anand Dias for his novel, Trust, and Barbara Kingsolver for Demon Copperhead. Trust explores the concept of money and fiction, emphasizing the necessity of belief for fiction to work. Demon Copperhead, a modern retelling of Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, portrays a Dickensian hero in a contemporary setting. Kingsolver attributes her writing craft to her love for reading, drawing inspiration from Dickens' exceptional plotting skills, despite her unconventional path of studying biology. She acknowledges the impact of Dickens' work on her development as a writer and values his influence on her storytelling.