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Daniel Woodrell was born, raised and remains in the Missouri Ozarks.  He dropped out of high school and joined the marines when he was seventeen. He later realized that the military was not for him so he returned to civilian life and went to the University of Kansas then on to the prestigious Iowa Writer’s School on a Michener Fellowship. He tried other things, and lived a lot of places, but ultimately decided he had to do what he loved –write. He lives in West Plains, Missouri.

His first novel, Under the Bright Lights drew critics’ praise. Since then he has published several novels including Muscle for the Wing, The Ones You Do, Woe to Live on, Give Us a Kiss: A Country Noir, The Death of Sweet Mister and Winter’s Bones (SLR’s review).

Woodrell coined the phrase “country noir” in an effort to describe the area in which he works.