Susan Cooper

Susan Cooper
Cooper in 2013
Born	Susan Mary Cooper (1935-05-23) 23 May 1935 (age 91) Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Alma mater	Somerville College, Oxford
Period	1964–present
Genre	Children's fantasy novels
Notable works	The Dark Is Rising series
Notable awards	Newbery Medal 1976 Margaret A. Edwards Award 2012
Spouse	Nicholas Grant ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1983)​ Hume Cronyn ​ ​ (m. 1996; died 2003)​
Website
thelostland.com

Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising. In 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association.

References

More reading

• Four British Fantasists: Place and Culture in the Children's Fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper, Charles Butler (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006)
• The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy, Leonard Marcus (Candlewick, 2006)

Other websites

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Susan Cooper

• The Lost Land of Susan Cooper – official website with links to articles and interviews available online, at "About Writing for Children"
• The NCBLA Board of Directors: Susan Cooper
• Susan Cooper at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Susan Cooper at FantasyLiterature Archived 2012-08-22 at the Wayback Machine – including synopses, cover art, and reviews

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