Mary Doria Russell
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January 01, 1950
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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction
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Mary Doria Russell is an American author. She was born in 1950 in the suburbs of Chicago. Her parents were both in the military; her father was a Marine Corps drill sergeant, and her mother was a Navy nurse.
She holds a Ph.D. in Paleoanthropology from the University of Michigan, and has also studied cultural anthropology at the University of Illinois, and social anthropology at Northeastern University in Boston. Russell lives in Cleveland, Ohio with her husband Don and their two dogs.
Mary is shy about online stuff like Goodreads, but she responds to all email, and would prefer to do that through her website.
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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell avg rating 4.20 — 5,654 ratings — published 1996 15 editions |
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Children of God by Mary Doria Russell avg rating 4.01 — 2,315 ratings — published 1998 8 editions |
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A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell avg rating 3.92 — 1,579 ratings — published 2005 9 editions |
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Dreamers of the Day: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell avg rating 3.48 — 630 ratings — published 2008 7 editions |
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Children of God by Mary Doria Russell, Anna Fields avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1999 |
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"The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet and use their minds. So questions like Anne's are worth asking. To ask them is a very fine kind of human behavior. If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more than clever apes, and we shall dance with God."
— Mary Doria Russell (The Sparrow)
— Mary Doria Russell (The Sparrow)
"They were quiet for a time, alone with their thoughts, but then John sat up straight, struck by a thought. "There's a passage in Exodus - God tells Moses, 'No one can see My face, but I will protect you with My hand until I have passed by you, and then I will remove My hand and you will see My back.' Remember that?"
Emilio nodded, listening.
"Well I always thought that was a physical metaphor," John said, "but, you know - I wonder now if it isn't really about time? Maybe that was God's way of telling us that we can never know His intentions, but as time goes on...we'll understand. We'll see where He was: we'll see His back.""
— Mary Doria Russell
Emilio nodded, listening.
"Well I always thought that was a physical metaphor," John said, "but, you know - I wonder now if it isn't really about time? Maybe that was God's way of telling us that we can never know His intentions, but as time goes on...we'll understand. We'll see where He was: we'll see His back.""
— Mary Doria Russell
"Celestina Giuliani learned the word "slander" at her cousin's baptism."
— Mary Doria Russell (Children of God)
— Mary Doria Russell (Children of God)
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