Author · born 1935
Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper (born 1935) is an English-American fantasy writer. Born in Burnham.
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Susan Cooper, mostly time-travel fiction and stage-magic fiction. They span 1972 to 2005. The most-read is The Dark Is Rising (1972).
Books by Susan Cooper
The Dark Is Rising
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King of Shadows
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The Magician's Boy
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Awards
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2013 — Life Achievement (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 1978 — Best Fantasy Novel, Silver on the Tree (nominee)
- ✦Mythopoeic Awards 1998 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, The Boggart and the Monster (nominee)
- ✦Mythopoeic Awards 1996 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, The Boggart (nominee)
- ✦Mythopoeic Awards 1974 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, The Dark Is Rising (nominee)
- ✦Mythopoeic Awards — Overall (nominee)
Biography
Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology, such as the Arthurian legends, and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council. [Wikipedia]