You might think becoming one of the world’s bestselling novelists would change a person. But not Delia Owens. Whether it’s driving her ATV through the brush, or wading into a river, at 73 she’s the same rugged Southern belle that she always was before her blockbuster novel “Where the Crawdads Sing” made her a literary phenom. Showing her property to correspondent Lee Cowan, she said, “My property manager wants to cut these and I said, ‘Don’t you dare!’ I love it. I feel like I’m in the bush.” “Do you still kind of pinch yourself that this [success] is all happening?” asked Cowan. “Oh, every day,” she replied. “I still don’t believe it’s happening. What are you doing here? ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ in my living room? No, I don’t believe any of it.” To this day, even Putnam, her publisher, can’t believe it, because “Crawdads” – Owens’ first novel – has broken all kinds of records. It just spent its 166th week on The New York Times Best Seller List , and holds the record for being #1 for the most weeks. It’s a journey that’s attracted all kinds of famous fireflies to Owens’ flame, not the least of whom… Read full this story
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