Mary Doria Russell

thumb|right|Russell in 2008 Mary Doria Russell (born August 19, 1950) is an American author. Russell has become widely known for her two novels which explore one of science fiction's oldest concepts: first contact with aliens. In this framework she also explores the even older issue of how one can reconcile the idea of a benevolent deity with pain and evil in the world. Quotes One minute, she was in the State of Puerto Rico and the next minute, she was in the State of Persistent Vegetables. The Sparrow, Ballantine Books, 1996, page 115. The Copper Country, it's called—written and spoken with capital letters. So remote, it is almost a nation unto itself. On maps, it is labeled the Keweenaw Peninsula, a blade of land thrusting north by northeast into the frigid waters of Lake Superior. Running lengthwise down the peninsula's center, like the blood gutter of a bayonet, are the richest Copper#Occurrence copper deposits on earth. Native Americans in the United States Ancient Indians collected chunks of the red metal from streams and shallow pits: float copper so pure it hardly needed refining at all, so beautiful and malleable that it could be made into jewelry that were traded as far south as Arkansas. The Women of the Copper Country: A Novel Simon & Schuster 2019 9781982109608 https://books.google.com/books?id=fy-BDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 10 (352 pages) External links Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Science fiction authors Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:People from Chicago Category:Jews from the United States