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Susan Cooper. 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. [1]
Susan Cooper is the creator and writer of the fantasy series, the Dark is Rising fictional novels. This series kicked off in 1965 with the release of the first novel. It was the only one to be nominated that year for a Newbery Honor Medal. The sequel came out in 1973. The third book came out the next year and is titled Greenwitch.
Susan Cooper's latest book is the YA novel "Ghost Hawk" (2013) Susan Cooper was born in 1935, and grew up in England's Buckinghamshire, an area that was green countryside then but has since become part of Greater London. As a child, she loved to read, as did her younger brother, who also became a writer.
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A fantasy series of five books about a quest to stop the Dark, a malevolent force that threatens the world. The series features the adventures of three siblings and their allies, who must use magic and mythology to fight the Dark.
- Susan Cooper
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Celebrate 50 years of The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, one of the most loved and respected quest fantasies. Stream the BBC radioplay adaptation of the first book or buy the boxed set or individual titles.
Susan Cooper has 123 books on Goodreads with 432805 ratings. Susan Cooper’s most popular book is The Dark Is Rising (The Dark is Rising, #2).
0-14-031688-4 [1] OCLC. 50597816. The Dark Is Rising Sequence is a series of five contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults that were written by the British author Susan Cooper and published from 1965 to 1977. The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, [2] and the ...
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