Zambian authorities want to question Delia Owens, author of best-selling novel-turned-movie “Where the Crawdads Sing” about a deadly shooting that became a nationally televised snuff film.
NEWThe movie adaptation of the best-selling novel"Where the Crawdads Sing" hits theaters Friday — but the author’s connection to aDelia Owens, 73, is wanted for questioning in connection to the deadly shooting of an alleged poacher back in the 1990s — a slaying that was captured on video and broadcast on American television, The Atlantic reported.
The book has sold more 12 million copies and has spent 166 weeks on the New York Times’ Best Sellers List — setting the record for holding the No. 1 spot longer than any other novel. produced the movie, which stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya, and features a title song by Taylor Swift."It was so engrossing I just couldn’t put it down," Witherspoon said in an interview.Delia Owens and Mark Owens, were conservationists in Africa who penned three memoirs about their wildlife adventures.
Mark Owens’ child from a previous marriage, Christopher Owens, visited in the summer and was tasked with training the scouts in hand-to-hand combat.A critic of the couple characterized their attitude toward the region as"Nice continent. Pity about the Africans," Goldberg wrote. After the first shot, the tape started rolling. The victim is shown collapsed on the ground and struggling to lift his head when a thin scout, his face blurred, fired at him again, according to Goldberg who obtained the video.
When the suspected poacher returned, Christopher Owens opened fired before the camera started rolling, dropping the victim to the ground. He was standing off camera when he fired the three final shots. His face is not shown in the footage. Delia and her former husband Mark were previously highlighted in a documentary that showed their lives as conservationists in Zambia.
The Owenses have publicly denied they had anything to do with the murder or any other crime, and there is no extradition treaty with Zambia.Many readers have said the themes in Crawdads echo aspects of Delia Owen’s own life in Zambia.after the novel’s meteoric success. She noted that Kya, like Delia Owens, was an outcast who preferred the company of animals to people.
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