Daniel Woodrell has died of pancreatic cancer at age 72 in West Plains. Woodrell was born in Springfield but lived in West Plains. Three of his novels, Tomato Red, Ride with the Devil, and Winter’s Bone, were turned into movies. His last novel, The Maid’s Version, was about an explosion at a dance hall in West Plains in 1928.
Woodrell’s writing has been a inspiration to me. I especially love The Maid’s Version. This book has been an influence on THE DYNAMIC DUO OF THE OZARKS because it takes a true story from the Ozarks and gives us details that were not part of the news coverage and what “may” have lead up to the explosion, as well as the aftermath, including how it changed the community.
There is also a story in his collection of short stories, The Outlaw Album, that is based on the case of Kelle Ann Workman. There has finally been some arrest and convictions in that cold case.
WIP: DYNAMIC DUO OF THE OZARKS 