The Delia Owens (Where the Crawdads Sing) Scandal / Controversy

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where the Crawdads sing is an epically popular, beloved modern novel. The Books with Brookes book club read it in 2019 and you can hear our episode on it in Episode 3. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, it’s come to light fairly recently that Delia Owens - and her husband Mark Owens - have a dark and dangerous past, the influence of which can be felt and read in her New York Times bestseller.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As it turns out, Mark and Delia Owens are wanted for questioning by the Zambian government for the 1996 death of an alleged poacher, whose shooting was caught on camera by an ABC film crew working alongside Merideth Viera. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hear the story on today’s episode. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Articles for reference: </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New Yorker: ​​</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/04/05/the-hunted"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hunted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Slate:</span> <a href= "https://slate.com/culture/2019/07/delia-owens-crawdads-murder-africa.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Dark History Behind the Year’s Bestselling Debut Novel</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bustle:</span> <a href= "https://www.bustle.com/p/where-the-crawdads-sing-author-delia-owens-has-a-strange-connection-to-a-real-life-murder-mystery-18368733"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Author Of One Of 2018's Biggest Books Has A Strange Connection To A Real Murder Mystery</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Owens"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Owens</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.deliaowens.com/">https://www.deliaowens.com/</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Books with Brookes is produced by Mo Barrow with theme music by