Delia Owen: Last News

Where the Crawdads Sing seems like a middling but innocent adaptation of a best-selling novel: It stars rising talent (), was produced by , and features an original song by Taylor Swift. As of January 2022, the book sold , making it one of the best-selling books of all time. Ahead of the July 15 premiere of the film adaptation, however, Where the Crawdads Sing author Delia Owen's past has come to light—or, more accurately, has come back to haunt her. (Spoilers ahead for the book and movie)The novel follows Kya, a young girl who lives alone in North Carolina marshland after her family abandons her, and who is later ostracized by the local community.

Reese Witherspoon read Delia Owen's 2018 bestseller,, she knew she had to bring the story to the big screen.«I read this novel probably in one day, maybe two days, I just couldn't put it down,» the actress and producer says in ET's exclusive look at the set of the upcoming drama, which stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya, the central figure in the story.  was first featured in Witherspoon's namesake book club before being adapted into a feature film by an all-female creative team, including director Olivia Newman and screenwriter Lucy Alibar.The book and film tell the tale of Kya's life as a girl who grew up alone in the swamplands of North Carolina before being thrust into the spotlight in a nearby town after a local football star turns up dead near her home.«You really don't know if she did it,» Witherspoon explains of the tumultuous story.

The movie adaptation of bestselling murder mystery novel Where the Crawdads Sing has found its director. Olivia Newman, who wrote and directed Netflix feature First Match, will helm Sony Pictures' feature adaptation of the Delia Owen's debut novel that has dominated the New York Times bestsellers list since it was published 2019.