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Daniel Woodrell

Born

in Springfield, MO, The United States

March 04, 1953

Died

November 28, 2025

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Country Noir

Influences

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

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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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	Winter's Bone 3.87 avg rating — 40,296 ratings — published 2006 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Death of Sweet Mister 3.90 avg rating — 3,526 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tomato Red 3.80 avg rating — 3,536 ratings — published 1998 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outlaw Album 3.79 avg rating — 2,385 ratings — published 2011 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woe to Live On 4.19 avg rating — 1,968 ratings — published 1987 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do 3.75 avg rating — 1,878 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Give Us a Kiss 3.94 avg rating — 1,527 ratings — published 1996 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Bright Lights (Rene Shade, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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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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