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Mary Doria Russell

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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 (The Sparrow, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 55,900 ratings — published 1996 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of God (The Sparrow, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 16,797 ratings — published 1998 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thread of Grace 4.02 avg rating — 12,671 ratings — published 2005 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doc 3.99 avg rating — 13,612 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epitaph 4.11 avg rating — 4,829 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamers of the Day 3.61 avg rating — 5,124 ratings — published 2008 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Women of the Copper Country 4.14 avg rating — 1,467 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz #1) by Walter M. Miller Jr., Mary Doria Russell (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.98 avg rating — 85,434 ratings — published 1959 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ballantine Reader's Circle Reader by Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author), Mark Childress (Goodreads Author) , Elizabeth Berg it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A clarification: Saying “no” to TEDxSantaCruz

I have been asked to clarify an earlier blog.

As was made clear within that post, I was invited to participate in a TEDx event. TEDx events are locally and independently organized and do not represent TED. I regret any misunderstanding.

I have been warned that I will be contacted by TED with a request to cease and desist. I have been asked to change my use of TED to TEDxSantaCruz. I have done so....

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Mary Doria Russell (Goodreads Author)

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Doc Holliday (2 books)
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Her Favorite Westerns: Not just for gunslingers, the real Wild West comes to life in these five frontier tales recommended by the author of Epitaph.

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Mary Russell answered Deborah's question: My grandfather was an iron ore miner in Marquette at the time of your book, "Women of the Copper Country". This is my book club book for next week. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and felt deeply involved in the history. How much research did you do in producing the material? Have you been to Calumet? Yes, I spend time in Calumet, walking the streets, studying the buildings that date to the era of the story, touring mines, asking questions and loading up on research material from the local museum's bookstore. There was a lot to learn about the... See Full Answer
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Mary Russell voted for The Women of the Copper Country as Best Historical Fiction in the Opening Round of the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards. Cast Your Vote
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Mary Russell made a comment on One day only! " Try the other books, too! If you liked that scene, there's one in DOC that I promise will lay you out... "
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Mary Russell made a comment on New Year, new book! " Elaine, I don't know yet about an audio edition. I'm new to Simon and Schuster. And don't even know if to they have an audio division. All the other ...more "
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Mary Russell made a comment on The Days of Awe " Thank you, Edward. May you be inscribed for another year in the book of life. "
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Mary Russell made a comment on A book by any other name " Nope. It started out as God's Best Beloved. Awful... "
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Mary Russell made a comment on Not on my watch. " Let's hope so! "
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Mary Russell and 8 other people liked Heather's review of Epitaph: "A marvelous, epic, bittersweet novel. Mary Doria Russell uses a setting I know very little about and didn't think I'd care for (Arizona in the 1880s) as the backdrop for an absolutely fascinating story about history, friendship, politics, and diff..." Read more of this review »
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Quotes by Mary Doria Russell

“I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.”
― Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow

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“How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking?”
― Mary Doria Russell, Children of God

tags: solitude, soul

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“There's an old Jewish story that says in the beginning God was everywhere and everything, a totality. But to make creation, God had to remove Himself from some part of the universe, so something besides Himself could exist. So He breathed in, and in the places where God withdrew, there creation exists."

So God just leaves?"

No. He watches. He rejoices. He weeps. He observes the moral drama of human life and gives meaning to it by caring passionately about us, and remembering."

Matthew ten, verse twenty-nine: Not one sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it."

But the sparrow still falls.”
― Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow

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The May Science Fiction Theme: First Contact

First Contact, The Terran Chronicles by James Jackson

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Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

23 votes 21.9%

Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon

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The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein

17 votes 16.2%

Blindsight by Peter Watts

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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

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