Delia Owens, Author of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Delia Owens, bestselling author of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, Reese's Book Club Pick of September 2018, talks about her life in the wild, the importance of female friendships, mastering Instagram and how it took 10 years to publish this amazing novel.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:12.2	This episode has been sponsored by Book Hampton.
0:14.9	As the premier independent bookstore in the Hamptons, Bookhampton has a highly curated selection of books for readers of all ages,
0:21.4	unique, one-of-a-kind gifts, and exciting author events.
0:24.3	Browse their fabulous staff suggestions online at bookhampton.com.
0:28.2	I'm really excited to be talking to Delia Owens.
0:30.9	Delia Owens' novel, where the Crawdad Singh, was Reese's Book Club pick in September,
0:36.7	and is now a best-selling novel.
0:39.0	She is the co-author of three internationally best-selling nonfiction books as well
0:43.9	about her life as a wildlife scientist.
0:46.2	A winner of the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing, Delia has been published in Nature,
0:49.9	The African Journal of Ecology, and others.
0:52.4	She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia
0:55.5	and got her Ph.D. and animal behavior from UC Davis.
0:59.1	She wrote Cry of the Kalahari about her years living in the African wild
1:04.0	studying lions and hyenas along with Mark Owens.
1:07.6	She also co-wrote the Eye of the Elephant and Secrets of the Savannah about her years
1:12.5	studying elephants. After 23 years of living in Africa, followed by her time in the Rockies,
1:18.1	she currently lives in Idaho with her husband and many elk, deer, and moose. Hi, Delia. How are you?
1:23.8	I'm fine. How are you? Good. Thanks so much for coming on. Moms don't have time to read books. Oh, thank you for having me. I appreciate it. I can fine. How are you? Good. Thanks so much for coming on. Momsone have time to read books.
1:28.8	Oh, thank you for having me. I appreciate it.
1:31.3	I can't believe your book has been on the New York Times bestseller list for like 11 weeks now. Is that right?
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