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Daniel
Woodrell was born, raised and remains in the
Missouri Ozarks. He dropped
out of high school and joined the marines when he was seventeen. He
later realized that the military was not for him so he returned to
civilian life and went to the University of Kansas then on to the
prestigious Iowa Writer’s School on a Michener Fellowship. He tried
other things, and lived a lot of places, but ultimately decided he
had to do what he loved –write. He lives in West Plains,
Missouri.
His first
novel, Under Bright Lights drew critics praise. Since then he
has published several novels including Muscle for the Wing,
The Ones You Do, Woe to Live On, Give Us a Kiss, The Death of
Sweet Mister and Winter’s Bones.
Woodrell
coined the phrase “country noir” in an effort to describe the area
in which he works.
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