Daniel Woodrell



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Daniel Woodrell

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born
in Springfield, MO, The United States
March 04, 1953

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction, Country Noir

influences
Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ernest Hemingway, James Agee


About this author

Growing up in Missouri, seventy miles downriver from Hannibal, Mark Twain was handed to me early on, first or second grade, and captivated me for years, and forever, I reckon. Robert Louis Stevenson had his seasons with me just before my teens and I love him yet. There are too many others to mention, I suppose, but feel compelled to bring up Hemingway, James Agee, Flannery O'Connor, John McGahern, Knut Hamsun, Faulkner, George Mackay Brown, Tillie Olsen, W.S. Merwin, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Andrew Hudgins, Seamus Heaney, Derek Wolco.

Daniel Woodrell was born and now lives in the Missouri Ozarks. He left school and enlisted in the Marines the week he turned seventeen, received his bachelor's degree at age twenty-seven, graduated from the Iowa Wr...more


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Daniel Woodrell's Books

Average rating: 3.90 · 14,793 ratings · 2,606 reviews · 19 distinct works · Similar authors
Winter's Bone
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 9,800 ratings — published 2006 — 29 editions
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Tomato Red
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 1,138 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions
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The Outlaw Album: Stories
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 783 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions
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The Death of Sweet Mister
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 787 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions
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The Bayou Trilogy: Under th...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions
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Give Us a Kiss
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 1996 — 13 editions
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Woe to Live on
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions
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Under the Bright Lights
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions
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The Ones You Do
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions
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Muscle for the Wing
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions
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Series by Daniel Woodrell

Under the Bright Lights Muscle for the Wing The Ones You Do
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“Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.”
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“The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.”
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“You got to be ready to die every day - then you got a chance.”
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