Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2022 American mystery drama film directed by Olivia Newman and written by Lucy Alibar, based on the 2018 novel by Delia Owens. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, Michael Hyatt, Sterling Macer Jr., Jojo Regina, Garret Dillahunt, Ahna O'Reilly, and David Strathairn. The story follows Kya, an abandoned yet defiant girl, who raises herself to adulthood in a North Carolina marshland, becoming a naturalist in the process. When the town's hotshot is found dead, she is the prime suspect and is tried for murder.