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Delia Owens (born ca. 1949) is an American author and zoologist. Her debut novel Where the Crawdads Sing topped The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2019 and The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2020 for 32 non-consecutive weeks and was on the list for 135 weeks in total. She has also written the memoirs Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna, with her then-husband, Mark, about their time studying animals in Africa. Biography Owens grew up in Thomasville, in south Georgia in the 1950s. She and her then-husband, Mark Owens, were students in biology at the University of Georgia. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in Animal Behavior from the University of California, Davis.The couple moved to Africa in 1974, traveling before making camp in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana. Cry of the Kalahari was written about the couple's experience. After they campaigned against the local cattle industry, Botswana government officials expelled them from the country. The Owenses then settled in the North Luangwa National Park, Zambia, and later in Mpika in the early 1990s. Mark Owens has been accused of operating a "shoot to kill" policy against poachers. ABC News aired a report in 1996 entitled "Deadly Game: The Mark and Delia Owens Story", produced by Andrew Tkach and hosted by Meredith Vieira. The report featured the controversial killing of a poacher in Zambia, allegedly committed by Delia's stepson, Christopher Owens. Both are wanted in Zambia for questioning. The Owenses have denied the accusations. The family were also accused of having "archaic ideas about Africans", with one critic describing their views as "Nice continent. Pity about the Africans"Since completing her PhD in Biology she has published her studies of African wildlife behavioral ecology in professional journals, including Nature, the Journal of Mammalogy, Animal Behaviour, and the African Journal of Ecology. She has also contributed articles to Natural History and International Wildlife aimed at a wider audience. Delia and Mark Owens are divorced. Delia Owens lives in Boundary County, Idaho.Owens is the co-founder of the Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation in Stone Mountain, GA. She has also worked as a roving editor for International Wildlife, lectured throughout North America, and participated in conservation efforts for the grizzly bear throughout the United States. Awards/Honors 1981 — Rolex Award for Enterprise for Kalahari Research Project (with former husband, Mark Owens) 1985 — John Burroughs Award (with Mark Owens) 1993 — University of California Outstanding Alumnus Award 1994 — Ridder of the Golden Ark (Netherlands)Bibliography Novels Where the Crawdads Sing (2018)Memoirs Cry of the Kalahari (1984) The Eye of the Elephant (1992) Secrets of the Savanna (2006)See also Ethology in fiction – animal behavior in fiction, as exemplified by the account in Where the Crawdads SingReferences External links "Elephants Under Fire, Upon Reflection, 1992 UWTV Classics". YouTube. UW Video. 14 February 2014; Marcia Alvar's 1992 interview of Delia OwensCS1 maint: postscript (link) "Delia Owens, "Where the Crawdads Sing"". YouTube. Politics and Prose. 22 September 2019.. Discover the Delia Owens popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Delia Owens books.

Best Seller Delia Owens Books of November 2021

: SAAD GHALATO KALAHARI
0/50 REVIEWSFiction & Literature$6.99
‘क्रायऑफकालाहारी’हेपुस्तकम्हणजेकालाहारीवाळवंटातसातवर्षेराहिलेल्�...

: La chica salvaje
0/50 REVIEWSFiction & Literature$14.99
Una primera novela dolorosamente hermosa que es a la vez la historia de un misterioso asesinato, de una iniciación a la vida y una celebración de la naturaleza ... Owens explora las mari...

: Where the Crawdads Sing
4.5/537,060 REVIEWSLiterary$12.99
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENONMore than 6 million copies soldA Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club PickA Business Insider Defining Book ...

: La noia salvatge
0/50 REVIEWSLiterary$10.99
Una novel·la exquisida, una oda a la naturalesa i a allò salvatge.Durant anys, els rumors de l'existència de la Noia Salvatge han pertorbat la vida de la petita ...

: Cry of the Kalahari
3.5/5413 REVIEWSAfrica$9.99
An international bestseller, this is an emotional and riveting story of the Owens’ travel and adventurous life in the Kalahari Desert.?“A remarkable story beautifully told…Among ...

: Hvor flodkrebsene synger
0/50 REVIEWSFiction & Literature$22.99
Kya Clark er den vilde pige, ”marskpigen”. Hun vokser op i 1950’erne i en hytte ude i sumpskoven ved North Carolinas kyst. Hendes mor og fire ældre søskende forlader en efter en hjem...

: Secrets of the Savanna
3.5/5138 REVIEWSNature$9.99
"Vividly written...Their story is thrilling—the kind of tale that wild-animal lovers won't easily forget."—People In this riveting real-life advent...

: La ragazza della palude
0/50 REVIEWSFiction & Literature$10.99
A Barkley Cove, un tranquillo villaggio di pescatori, circolano strane voci sulla Ragazza della Palude. Dall’età di sei anni Kya si aggira completamente sola tra canali e canneti, con qua...

: Der krepsene synger
0/50 REVIEWSFiction & Literature$38.99
HVOR LENGE KAN HUN BESKYTTE HJERTET SITT? Ryktene om «Marsklandsjenta» har hjemsøkt Barkley Cove, en stille småby på kysten av North Carolina. Så da kjekke Chase Andrews bl...

: Suon villi laulu
0/50 REVIEWSFiction & Literature$16.99
”Niin kaunis että tekee kipeää.” New York TimesYli kymmenen miljoonaa myytyä kirjaa! Yli 100 viikkoa New York Timesin bestseller-listalla!Sydänt�...

: Delia and Mark Owens in Africa
4.5/59 REVIEWSAfrica$12.99
Delia Owens, author of the best-selling Where the Crawdads Sing, began her career writing riveting real-life adventure and wildlife tales with her husband, Mark Owens. Collected in...

: Där kräftorna sjunger
0/50 REVIEWSFiction & Literature$17.99
Internationell succé – nu på svenska. En oförglömlig berättelse om naturens krafter och ensamhetens pris. Kya Clark lever ensam och i samspel med naturen utanför en liten stad vid No...

: Ahol a folyami rákok énekelnek
0/50 REVIEWSLiterary$9.99
„Titkot legjobban a kagylóhéjak tudnak tartani.” Delia Owens regénye Észak-Karolina ritkán lakott, mocsaras partvidékén játszódik az 1950-es és ’60-as években. A...

: Là où chantent les écrevisses
0/50 REVIEWSFiction & Literature$10.99
Traduit de l'anglais (Etats-Unis) par Marc Amfreville Pendant des années, les rumeurs les plus folles ont couru sur " la Fille des marais " de Barkley Cove, une petite ville de...

: The Eye of the Elephant
4/555 REVIEWSAfrica$18.99
An “exciting” true account of battling the elephant poachers of Zambia by the author of Where the Crawdads Sing and her fellow biologist (The Boston Globe).

: Kde raky spievajú
0/50 REVIEWSHistorical$12.99
Ako dlho si uchrániš srdce? Neuveriteľný príbeh o samote zúfalstve, odvahe prežiť, vytrvalosti, boji s predsudkami, ale aj o láske a nádeji. V pokojnom mestečku Barkley Cove na po...

Best Seller Delia Owens Audio Books of November 2021

: Der Gesang der Flusskrebse
22 July 2019Fiction$12.99
"Ein Debüt mit durchschlagendem Erfolg" The Wall Street Journal Die Geschichte einer eigenwilligen Außenseiterin – einfühlsam und packend gelesen von Luise Helm In den 1960er-Jahren sc...

: La chica salvaje
09 October 2019Fiction$19.99
Una novela exquisita, una oda a la naturaleza y a lo salvaje Durante años, los rumores de la existencia de la Chica Salvaje han perturbado la vida de la pequeña localidad de Barkley Cove, ...

: Where the Crawdads Sing (Unabridged)
14 August 2018Fiction$14.99
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENONMore than 10 million copies sold worldwideA Reese’s Book Club PickA Business Insider Defining Book of the De...

: The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure In The African Wilderness
19 March 2019Nonfiction$19.99
The authors of Secrets of the Sahara battle the elephant poachers of Zambia in this "exciting . . . part adventure story, part wildlife tale" (The Boston Globe).

: Cry of the Kalahari
30 April 2019Nonfiction$19.99
This is the story of the Owens' travel and life in the Kalahari Desert. Here they met and studied unique animals and were confronted with danger from drought, fire, storms, and the animals t...

: La chica salvaje: Spanish Edition of Where The Crawdads Sing (Unabridged)
29 October 2019Fiction$14.99
“Una primera novela dolorosamente hermosa que es a la vez la historia de un misterioso asesinato, de una iniciación a la vida y una celebración de la naturaleza ... Owens explora las ...

: Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People (Unabridged)
25 February 2020Travel & Adventure$18.99
"Vividly written... Their story is thrilling - the kind of tale that wild-animal lovers won't easily forget." (People)In this riveting real-life adven...

: Hvor flodkrebsene synger
27 September 2019Romance$19.99
Kya Clark er den vilde pige, ”marskpigen”. Hun vokser op i 1950’erne i en hytte ude i sumpskoven ved North Carolinas kyst. Hendes mor og fire ældre søskende forlader en efter en hjem...

: Der Gesang der Flusskrebse
22 July 2019Fiction$26.99
"Ein Debüt mit durchschlagendem Erfolg" The Wall Street Journal Die Geschichte einer eigenwilligen Außenseiterin – einfühlsam und packend gelesen von Luise Helm In den 1960er-Jahren sc...

: Là où chantent les écrevisses
16 September 2020Fiction$19.99
Pendant des années, les rumeurs les plus folles ont couru sur « la Fille des marais » de Barkley Cove, une petite ville de Caroline du Nord. Pourtant, Kya n’est pas cette fille sauvage ...

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Delia Owens Biography & Facts

Best Seller Delia Owens Books of November 2021

SAAD GHALATO KALAHARI

La chica salvaje

Where the Crawdads Sing

La noia salvatge

Cry of the Kalahari

Hvor flodkrebsene synger

Secrets of the Savanna

La ragazza della palude

Der krepsene synger

Suon villi laulu

Delia and Mark Owens in Africa

Där kräftorna sjunger

Ahol a folyami rákok énekelnek

Là où chantent les écrevisses

The Eye of the Elephant

Kde raky spievajú

Best Seller Delia Owens Audio Books of November 2021

Der Gesang der Flusskrebse

La chica salvaje

Where the Crawdads Sing (Unabridged)

The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure In The African Wilderness

Cry of the Kalahari

La chica salvaje: Spanish Edition of Where The Crawdads Sing (Unabridged)

Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People (Unabridged)

Hvor flodkrebsene synger

Der Gesang der Flusskrebse

Là où chantent les écrevisses