Delia Owens Books

Delia Owens

Delia Owens is an American author and wildlife scientist best known for her bestselling debut novel, *Where the Crawdads Sing*. Before turning to fiction, Owens spent years studying wildlife in remote regions of Africa and co-authored nonfiction books about those experiences, including *Cry of the Kalahari*, *The Eye of the Elephant*, and *Secrets of the Savanna*. Her background as a wildlife scientist strongly influences her fiction, where the natural world becomes more than a setting—it shapes the atmosphere, characters, and emotional landscape of the story. *Where the Crawdads Sing* combines coming-of-age fiction, romance, and mystery through the story of Kya Clark, ... Delia Owens is an American author and wildlife scientist best known for her bestselling debut novel, *Where the Crawdads Sing*. Before turning to fiction, Owens spent years studying wildlife in remote regions of Africa and co-authored nonfiction books about those experiences, including *Cry of the Kalahari*, *The Eye of the Elephant*, and *Secrets of the Savanna*. Her background as a wildlife scientist strongly influences her fiction, where the natural world becomes more than a setting—it shapes the atmosphere, characters, and emotional landscape of the story. *Where the Crawdads Sing* combines coming-of-age fiction, romance, and mystery through the story of Kya Clark, a young woman who grows up largely alone in the marshlands of North Carolina and later becomes connected to a murder investigation. For readers drawn to atmospheric stories about survival, loneliness, belonging, and the complicated ways people connect with one another, Owens offers a novel in which human nature and the natural world are deeply intertwined. Her writing invites readers into a place that feels both beautiful and isolating, while keeping a mystery unfolding beneath the surface. See more