The Sparrow (novel)

The Sparrow
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorMary Doria Russell
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, Philosophical, Mystery fiction
PublisherVillard
Publication date
1996
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages408 pp
ISBN0-679-45150-1
OCLC34281380
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3568.U76678 S63 1996
Followed byChildren of God 

The Sparrow (1996) is the first novel by author Mary Doria Russell. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award. It was followed by a sequel, Children of God, in 1998. The title refers to Gospel of Matthew 10:29–31, which relates that not even a sparrow falls to the earth without God's knowledge thereof.