Mary Doria Russell
Mary Doria Russell is a Michigan novelist whose debut novel The Sparrow won the Arthur C. Clarke Award but belongs equally to the tradition of serious literary and religious fiction. Children of God and A Thread of Grace continue her exploration of faith and human violence.
Works
- The SparrowFirst contact novel exploring religious faith through a Jesuit mission to an alien world
- Children of GodSequel examining the aftermath and consequences of failed interspecies communication
- A Thread of GraceHistorical novel set in WWII Italy depicting rescue and redemption during war
- Dreamers of the DayNovel about an American woman in the Middle East seeking purpose and meaning
- DocHistorical western reimagining the life of Dr. John Henry Holliday