Delia Owens is the coauthor of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa. She holds a BS in Zoology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in Animal Behavior from the University of California at Davis. She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature, The African Journal of Ecology, and International Wildlife, among many others. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Where the Crawdads Sing is her first novel.

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SENSATION: A Reese's Book Club Pick for September 2018, the hardcover has stayed on the NYT bestseller list for over 40 weeks, spending 21 of them at #1, and has also hit the top of the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and indie bestseller lists. The novel has sold more than 2.7 million copies to date, with no signs of slowing down.

RAVE REVIEWS: The novel has received rave reviews everywhere from The New York Times Book Review, People, EW, Real Simple, and Southern Living to CBS Sunday Morning and ABC's Strahan and Sarah, and has maintained a 4.8 star rating on Amazon. Readers love this book and now, two years out from our initial publication, and at the lower paperback price point, we have a real opportunity to reach a fresh audience.

ACCLAIMED AND BESTSELLING WILDLIFE WRITER: Delia Owens is not only a bestselling novelist, but an award-winning scientist and nonfiction writer. Owens was awarded the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and co-authored three previous bestselling nonfiction titles.

UNRIVALED FICTION DEBUT: Owens writes lush prose with echoes of Jesmyn Ward and Karen Russell, and it was Alexandra Fuller who told her she needed to get this amazing novel published! This novel has already resonated with book clubs around the world and will be a great fit for paperback readers.

INTERNATIONAL AND FILM EXCITEMENT: Crawdads has sold into 40 languages and counting, and Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine are developing a feature film based on the novel.