Winter's Bone/Trivia

• Hey, It's That Guy!: Lauren Pearson is searching for her missing father, and is aided and obstructed at various points by Francis Wolcott and Sol Star.
• Star-Making Role:
  • Jennifer Lawrence became a name after the critical buzz and subsequent Oscar nomination. She joined up on X-Men: First Class and The Hunger Games off the momentum.
  • Veteran character actor John Hawkes received an Academy Award nomination and more high-profile film roles, such as Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Surrogate, and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, among others. In a People interview, he said that he finds his new-found fame a little daunting, since when he was obscure he could count on disappearing into roles. Now people know who he is.
• Write Who You Know: The author of the book grew up in the Ozarks and joined the military right out of high school.