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Daniel Woodrell


USA flag (b.1953)

Dan Woodrell comes from a long line of Ozarkers that stretch back before the Civil War. A high school dropout he joined the marine corps at 17. The military and he saw things differently. A period of post military drifting ended up at the University of Kansas and a Michener fellowship at the Iowa Writers School, where he was definitely the odd man out.

He is the author of eight novels including Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, The Ones You Do, Ride With the Devil, Woe To Live On, Give Us A Kiss, Tomato Red and The Death Of Sweet Mister. He lives in West Plains, Missouri.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Rene Shade
   1. Under The bright Lights (1986)
   2. Muscle For The Wing (1988)
   3. The Ones You Do (1992)
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Novels
   Woe to Live On (1987)
     aka Ride with the Devil
   Give Us a Kiss (1996)
   Tomato Red (1998)
   The Death of Sweet Mister (2001)
   Winter's Bone (2006)
   The Maid's Version (2013)
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Collections
   The Outlaw Album (2011)
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The Waters (2024)
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The Devil Takes You Home (2022)
Gabino Iglesias
"Though a young writer, Gabino Iglesias writes with the authority of a writer who's been down this road many times before. Iglesias' prose is smooth where smooth is called for and rough or a bit mean when smooth won't work."
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The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu (2021)
Tom Lin
"Tom Lin’s debut novel is a special pleasure. There’s blood and humor, wit and wide knowledge, in his telling of this revenge odyssey that rambles across the vastness, harshness, and myriad dangers of the Old West. The nuanced prose is firm and evocative, and we have a gritty, luminous, and fantastic take on the era and the people. Ride this one hard, folks, and put it up wet."

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Anthologies containing stories by Daniel Woodrell
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Stray Dogs (2014)
Writing from the Other America
edited by
William Hastings
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2012 (2012)
(Best American Mystery Stories)
edited by
Robert Crais and Otto Penzler
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A Hell of a Woman (2007)
An Anthology of Female Noir
edited by
Megan Abbott

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