Daniel Woodrell
American novelist whose Winter's Bone became a celebrated film and whose dark Ozarks fiction has attracted a devoted literary following. His work blends crime and literary fiction in the tradition of McCarthy. He is an important voice in American regional literary fiction.
Works
- Winter's BoneOzark girl searches for her father in hardscrabble rural Missouri landscape
- The Death of Sweet MisterOrphan navigates Southern family's violence, addiction and exploitation
- Tomato RedDrifter's violent encounter with drunken Southern family spirals into tragedy
- Give Us a KissAppalachian teenagers celebrate their friendship through carefree getaway before adulthood
- The Outlaw AlbumStories of murder, obsession and redemption in rural Ozark settings