Susan Cooper is a versatile writer of novels, screenplays and poetry. Her most celebrated work has been for children, in particular the five-book fantasy sequence

The Dark Is Rising

(1965-77), but she has written successfully in a wide variety of genres. Her work for adults includes a futuristic thriller, a literary biography, essays, lectures, and a substantial amount of journalism; while for children she has written picture books, chapter books, a semi-autobiographical novel, and four young adult fantasies, apart from the

Dark Is Rising

sequence itself. A Briton who has lived in the United States almost all her adult life, she is acknowledged on both sides of the Atlantic as a major fantasy writer.

Susan Cooper was born in Burnham, Buckinghamshire on 23 May, 1935, the first child of John

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Citation: Butler, Catherine . "Susan Cooper". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 February 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11698, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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