American author, zoologist and conservationist (b. April 4, 1949)
Delia Owens
Born
(1949-04-04) April 4, 1949 (age 75)
Occupation
Author
zoologist
conservationist
Education
University of Georgia (BS) University of California, Davis (PhD)
Notable works
Where the Crawdads Sing (2018) Cry of the Kalahari (1984)
Website
deliaowens.com
Delia Owens (born April 4, 1949)[1][2] is an American author, zoologist, and conservationist. She is best known for her 2018 novel Where the Crawdads Sing.
Owens was born and grew up in southern Georgia, where she spent most of her life in or near true wilderness. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Georgia, and a PhD in animal behavior from the University of California, Davis.[3]
Owens met Mark Owens in a protozoology class at the University of Georgia when they were both graduate students studying biology.[4] They married in 1973, and in 1974 moved to southern Africa to study animals in the Kalahari Desert and Zambia. She wrote about Africa in her memoirs Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna.[5] The couple were expelled from Botswana and are wanted for questioning in Zambia in relation to a murder investigation. They are no longer married. Since returning to the United States, Delia Owens has been involved in bear conservation.
Her debut novel, Where the Crawdads Sing, was released in 2018. It became one of the best-selling books of all time. It was adapted into a 2022 film of the same name.
^Goldberg, Jeffrey (March 29, 2010). "The Hunted". The New Yorker.
^"Delia Owens - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
^Alter, Alexandra (July 19, 2022). "Questions about an unsolved murder linger over "where the Crawdads Sing"". The New York Times. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
^Finn, Natalie (July 23, 2022). "Inside the Resurfaced Murder Investigation Trailing Where the Crawdads Sing Author Delia Owens". EOnline. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
^Jordan, Tina (September 14, 2018). "Delia Owens, Who Suffused Her African Memoirs With Lush Natural Detail, Turns to Fiction". The New York Times.
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