Daniel Woodrell

Daniel Woodrell
Born (1953-03-04) March 4, 1953 (age 71)
Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
EducationUniversity of Kansas (BA)
Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA)
Period1986–present
GenreCrime fiction, "country noir"

Daniel Woodrell (born March 4, 1953) is an American novelist and short story writer, who has written nine novels, most of them set in the Missouri Ozarks, and one collection of short stories. Woodrell coined the phrase "country noir" to describe his 1996 novel Give Us a Kiss.[1] Reviewers have frequently since used the term to categorize his writing.[2]

  1. ^ Lin Waterhouse (March 2007). "Daniel Woodrell: Voice Of The Other Ozarks". Ozarks Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  2. ^ Becky Ohlsen (n.d.). "Review: The Death of Sweet Mister". Bookreporter.com. Retrieved 2007-03-30. (For one example of "country noir" used in a later review.)