“The New Southern Novel

The lyrical debut novel of writer Delia Owens (who grew up among the pines in Thomasville, Georgia, and has since traveled the globe) is a mystery steeped in the natural world. It follows a young girl named Kya Clark, who is abandoned in the marshes along the North Carolina coast and learns to survive there on her own until outside forces encroach.”

— Southern Living

Calling CRAWDADS "the new southern novel," Southern Living has included it in their list of "6 Books All Your Friends Are Reading" for August. Thank you, Southern Living!

Where the Crawdads Sing has been selected by Amazon editors' for their Editors' Picks list, as one of the top ten best books for August. It's a great honor finding Crawdads on this list! Many thanks to Amazon's editors.

SIBA, the Southern Independent Book Alliance, has selected CRAWDADS as an OKRA Pick, their seasonal lineup of the Best Southern Literature.

This is such an honor. My thanks to SIBA's editors.

“Delia Owen’s gorgeous novel, Where the Crawdads Sing, is both a coming-of-age tale and an engrossing whodunit.”

— Nora Horvath, "The Short List," Real Simple

Real Simple is featuring CRAWDADS in “The Short List: Five Books that Won't Disappoint” in the August issue. Online, CRAWDADS appears in RealSimple's “Best Books of 2018 (So Far).”

“When Delia Owens was growing up in Thomasville, Georgia, her mother encouraged her to venture deep into the wilderness, saying, ‘Go way out yonder where the crawdads sing.’

Owens took that advice to heart.”

— Alice Cary, BookPage Interview

Read more in the BookPage interview about how I came to write Where The Crawdads Sing.

Alice Cary, "Delia Owens: A natural way of storytelling," BookPage, August 2018.

BookPage, one of the premier print and online publications of book reviews, has chosen CRAWDADS as one of its top titles for August and is featuring CRAWDADS on the cover.

Online, CRAWDADS appears in their list of  “First Fiction: 11 best debuts of 2018 (so far!).”

Publisher's Weekly has named Where the Crawdads Sing one of its top literary fiction titles for Fall!

It is an honor to be included on this list alongside novels by authors J.D. Barker, Dacre Stoker, and John Sandford.

Jonathan Segura, "Fall 2018 Adult Announcements: The big titles of autumn," Publisher's Weekly,
June 22, 2018.

I was thrilled to be invited to the American Library Association conference where I spoke to 200 librarians and signed advanced copies of my new novel. Grateful for the honor!

“In Owens’s evocative debut, Kya Clark is a young woman growing up practically on her own in the wild marshes [of] North Carolina.… The novel culminates in a long trial, with Kya’s fate hanging in the balance. Kya makes for an unforgettable heroine. Owens memorably depicts the small-town drama and courtroom theatrics, but perhaps best of all is her vivid portrayal of the singular North Carolina setting. ”

"Fiction Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing," Publisher's Weekly, June 18, 2018.

“Looking for a book to take you away this summer? Grab one of these beauties and let your imagination run wild.”

“Where the Crawdads Sing

Abandoned by both parents and left to fend on her own in the North Carolina wetlands, Kya Clark is known around town as the “Marsh Girl.” For years, she is happy to live in nature, keeping away from the civilized world. But when two young men from the town become infatuated with her and one of them ends up dead, Kya’s life is turned upside down.”

Mackenzie Dawson, "The 20 best reads for your summer break," New York Post, May 26, 2018.