Where the Crawdads Sing: Why Author Delia Owens Is Wanted for Questioning in a Real-Life Killing

This post contains spoilers for Where the Crawdads Sing. The opening of Where the Crawdads Sing, the best-selling novel that has been adapted into a newly released film, details a murder scene. A body lies in the marshes of North Carolina, and readers don’t yet know how it got there. But in the book, author Delia Owens writes: “A swamp knows all about death, and doesn’t necessarily define it as tragedy, certainly not a sin.” Set in mid-century North Carolina, Crawdads tells the harrowing story of Kya Clark, who was abandoned by her family as a child and is now… Read Full Article