by Mary | Oct 8, 2017 | DOC, Doc Holliday, EPITAPH
Jeremy Renner recently commented on playing Doc in the Palmstar Production based on my two novels, Doc and Epitaph. “I’ve been looking at doing a Doc Holliday origin story as a series for Netflix or Amazon.” Although still in early stages, his focus for it seems...
by Mary | Feb 17, 2016 | DOC, Edgar Allan Poe
Readers often suggest books I should write. My standard reply is, “Well, arranged marriages can work nicely for some folks, but I have to fall in love on my own.” When I’m almost finished with a novel, I start dating again. I read promiscuously and...
by Mary | Sep 29, 2015 | DOC, EPITAPH
True West Magazine recently published an article I wrote about what could be a previously unknown photograph of John Henry Holliday. Here’s the story behind the article. A couple of years ago, Don McKenna sent me a jpeg of the image you see here. It was part of...
by | Feb 26, 2015 | EPITAPH
Take a look at this schedule! It’s going to be a marathon, but it’s a privilege and an honor when a publisher sends an author out on tour. HarperCollins/Ecco is putting some muscle behind Epitaph and I am eager to visit as many stores and book festivals...
by Mary | Nov 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thinking about Mary Doria Russell’s novels for holiday giving? Want to support a small independent bookstore, too? Mac’s Backs Books on Coventry can always provide you with signed personalized copies of the paperback editions, but this year the Cleveland...
by Mary | Oct 14, 2012 | DOC, DOC on HBO, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
When I was writing Doc, I believed it would be a stand-alone historical novel like A Thread of Grace or Dreamers of the Day. I thought the story of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral was so well known, so much a part of American folklore, that there was no point in going...