Delia Owens, author portrait
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Delia Owens

Delia Owens is the coauthor of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa. She holds a BS in Zoology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in Animal Behavior from the University of California at Davis. She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature, The African Journal of Ecology, and International Wildlife, among many others. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Where the Crawdads Sing is her first novel.
Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
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Inside the Book: Delia Owens (WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING)

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Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
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Inside the Book: Delia Owens (WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING)

Delia Owens: What I’m Reading (author of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING)

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