Daniel Woodrell, gritty novelist of ‘Winter’s Bone,’ dies at 72

Daniel Woodrell, a much-admired novelist who coined the term “country noir” for his bleak rural crime fiction often set in his native Missouri Ozarks, died Nov. 28 at his home in West Plains, Missouri. He was 72. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post Save on unmatched reporting. Get your first year for 99¢

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