{"title":"Delia Owens","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelia Owens (born April 4, 1949) is an American author, zoologist, and conservationist. She is best known for her 2018 novel Where the Crawdads Sing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwens 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwens met Mark Owens in a protozoology class at the University of Georgia when they were both graduate students studying biology. 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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"where-the-crawdads-sing","title":"Where the Crawdads Sing","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e#1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBESTSELLING PHENOMENON—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!\u003cbr\u003eMore than 18 million copies sold worldwide\u003cbr\u003eA Reese’s Book Club Pick\u003cbr\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Defining Book of the Decade \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!”—Reese Witherspoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePainfully beautiful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Fern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58466788966481,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58466788999249,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1401\/6081\/files\/where-the-crawdads-sing-hardcover.jpg?v=1765240992"}],"url":"https:\/\/fernbookshop.com\/collections\/delia-owens.oembed","provider":"The Fern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}