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Delia Owens

1949 - Today

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Delia Owens (born April 4, 1949) is an American author, zoologist, and conservationist. She is best known for her 2018 novel Where the Crawdads Sing. Owens was born and grew up in southern Georgia, where she spent most of her life in or near true wilderness. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Georgia, and a PhD in animal behavior from the University of California, Davis. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Delia Owens is the 3,842nd most popular writer (up from 4,509th in 2019), the 5,560th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,052nd in 2019) and the 441st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Delia Owens ranks 3,842 out of 7,302. Before her are Hilary Mantel, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Abdurauf Fitrat, Katherine Paterson, Huseyn Javid, and Pyotr Tkachev. After her are Panyassis, Gabrielle Wittkop, Dominique Fernandez, Borisav Stanković, Al-Nabigha, and Paul Johnson.

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Among people born in 1949, Delia Owens ranks 332. Before her are César Aira, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Manny Mori, George Friedman, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, and Würzel. After her are Erik Estrada, Ryohei Suzuki, Luís Pereira, Paulo César Carpegiani, Zé Mário, and Paul Nurse.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Delia Owens ranks 5,560 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom Brady (1977), Russell M. Nelson (1924), T.J. Miller (1981), Meriwether Lewis (1774), Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. (1951), and Robert Ryman (1930). After her are Ray Walston (1914), Kristen Bell (1980), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), Doug Jones (1960), Virginia Mayo (1920), and Ann Morgan Guilbert (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Delia Owens ranks 441. Before her are Murray Leinster (1896), Donald Barthelme (1931), Marianne Moore (1887), Bill Bryson (1951), Zoe Akins (1886), and Sara Teasdale (1884). After her are Greg Bear (1951), David Brin (1950), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Michael Blake (1945), and Henry Adams (1838).

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