The author of this year’s Great Michigan Read featured novel, “The Women of the Copper Country” was in Ironwood and appeared at the Ironwood Carnegie Public Library last Thursday. According to the Daily Globe,a At the “meet the author” event, local bookworms had the opportunity to ask Mary Doria Russell questions about what inspired her to write the book, which is based on a documentary that Russell saw on PBS. She said the traveled to the U.P. three times to do research on the book. Russell lives in Ohio, and said once she finishes the book tour for the book, she plans on retiring. After the discussion, Russell stayed and signed books for fans.