Daniel Woodrell
Daniel Woodrell | |
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| Born | March 4, 1953 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 2025 (aged 72) West Plains, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | University of Kansas (BA) Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) |
| Period | 1986–2025 |
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Daniel Stanford Woodrell (March 4, 1953 – November 28, 2025) was an American novelist and short story writer who wrote nine novels, most of them set in the Missouri Ozarks, and one collection of short stories. Woodrell coined the phrase "country noir" to describe his 1996 novel Give Us a Kiss. Reviewers have frequently since used the term to categorize his writing.