The WSJ takes a look at nonfiction writer Delia Owens’ bestselling debut novel, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING. Now 69, Owens says she spent 10 years on the book, which was boosted to bestsellerdom a few weeks after its release on August 14 when Reese Witherspoon made it her September book club pick. “I’ve wanted to write fiction for many years, and I became determined to write a novel that would explore how isolation affects a person,” Owens told the Journal. Putnam says they have over 290,000 units so far across all formats. That’s a significantly different profile than what you see […]
