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Questions linger over 'Where the Crawdads Sing' author as film adaptation is released

Resurfaced news about author Delia Owen may overshadow the film adaptation of 'Where The Crawdads Sing' her bestselling 2018 novel about a young woman raised in the marshes of North Carolina
There's a lingering mystery hanging over the author of "Where the Crawdads Sing," now adapted into a film.

Where the Crawdads Sing tells the fictional story of Kya, a girl left to raise herself along a North Carolina bayou in the 1950's and 60's. "The marsh girl," as she's known, is reviled and shunned by those in the nearby town. In time, Kya is put on trial for murder. Now, there's a film adapted from the novel by an author with a mysterious past.

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