Mary Doria Russell is a bestselling American author if literature, fiction, fantasy, and science fiction novels. She was born in Elmhurst, Illinois a suburb of Chicago.
After graduating from Glenbard East High School, Mary went ahead to earn her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Illinois at and a Master’s in Social Anthropology at Northeastern University Boston and a PhD at the University of Michigan specializing in Biological Anthropology.
Books in order of publication:
The Sparrow Books
| The Sparrow | (1996) | |
| Children of God | (1998) |
Doc Holliday Books
| Doc | (2011) | |
| Epitaph | (2015) |
Standalone Novels
| A Thread of Grace | (2005) | |
| Dreamers of the Day | (2008) | |
| The Women of the Copper Country | (2019) |
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