Daniel Woodrell, gritty novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ dies at 72
- Posted on December 1, 2025
- By Washington Post
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Daniel Woodrell, gritty novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ dies at 72

A Missouri native, he set many of his bleak crime novels in the Ozarks. “Winter’s Bone” was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Jennifer Lawrence.