Who Is Delia Owens' Husband, Mark Owens? All We Know About The Crawdads Sing Author

Publish date: 2024-05-05

Delia Owens is a zoologist and novelist from the United States. Her first book, Where the Crawdads Sing, had 135 weeks on the list and spent 32 non-consecutive weeks at the top of The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers in 2019 and 2020.

In addition, she and her then-husband, Mark, wrote the autobiographies: Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna about their time spent researching animals in Africa. 

Who Is Delia Owens' Husband, Mark Owens?

Delia Owens' ex-husband is Mark Owens. Delia is a writer and biologist from the United States who is best known for her book "Where the Crawdads Sing."

Mark, married to the well-known artist Delia, spent some of his energy conducting studies on natural life in Africa. Delia's cleverness outperformed the 2019 and 2020 New York Times Fiction big successes.

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Additionally, she collaborated closely with her then-husband, Mark, when writing Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. They wrote journals based on their time spent studying animals in Africa.

Delia Owens is a zoologist, researcher, advocate for environmental causes, writer, and public speaker. He oversaw investigations into African wildlife.

In Idaho and the US, Mark initiated discussions about wild bears. After that, he gave speeches across Canada and the United States. Mark has been charged with employing a "shoot to kill" strategy while dealing with poachers.

In 1996, "Deadly Game: The Mark and Delia Owens Story," a report by Andrew Tkach and Meredith Vieira, was broadcast on ABC News. The story highlighted the contentious murder of a poacher in Zambia that Delia's stepson, Christopher Owens, is accused of carrying out.

Where Is The Crawdads' Song Author Delia Owens?

Delia Owens has been living a happy life as of now. She is currently 73 years old and was born in 1949. In the 1950s, Owens grew up in Thomasville, South Georgia.

She was a biology student at the University of Georgia, and her husband was Mark Owens. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in zoology and from the University of California, Davis, with a Ph.D. in animal behavior. 

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In 1974, the pair traveled before setting up camp in Botswana's Kalahari Desert. The couple's experience was the subject of the book Cry of the Kalahari. Government representatives in Botswana removed them from the nation after they ran a campaign against the region's cattle business.

Later, in the early 1990s, the Owenses relocated to Mpika, Zambia, and the North Luangwa National Park, Zambia. She has published her research on the behavioral ecology of African wildlife in scholarly journals since receiving her Ph.D. in biology, including Nature.

She also has the Journal of Mammalogy, Animal Behaviour, and the African Journal of Ecology. She has written pieces for publications like Natural History and International Wildlife geared toward a larger audience.

Explore Delia Owens Married Life

As of 2022, Delia Owens and her husband are divorced. As of 2023, she is single. The Owenses left Zambia after the poacher was killed, immigrated to the United States, and established themselves on a 720-acre ranch in Northern Idaho.

After 40 years of marriage, they got a divorce, and Delia now resides close to Asheville, North Carolina. The couples were happily married but decided to part ways for various reasons.

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Delia spent many years living in Boundary County, Idaho, 20 miles from Canada, but in 2019–2020 she relocated to an ex-horse farm close to Asheville, North Carolina.

The Owens Foundation for Wildlife Conservation is based in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and was co-founded by Owens.

Additionally, she has taught across North America, served as a roaming editor for International Wildlife, and participated in grizzly bear conservation initiatives across the country.

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