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]
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Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction, Magic, fiction, Children's stories, Stanton, will (fictitious character), fiction, Fantasy, Siblings, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Cornwall (england : county), fiction, Large type books, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Good and evil, History, Magic, England, fiction, Folklore, Scotland, fiction, Space and time, Adventure stories, Biography, Brothers, Brothers and sisters, Children's literaturePlaces
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Will Stanton, Barnabas Drew, Jane Drew, Merriman Lyon, Simon Drew, Bran Davies, A person, J. B. Priestley (1894-), J. B. Priestley (1894-1984), Susan Cooper, William Shakespeare (1564-1616)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL397243A
- BookBrainz: 35b46b4d-43f4-40f6-aa12-b1a367110813
- GoodReads: 7308
- ISNI: 0000000108991089
- IMDb: nm0178402
- Library of Congress Names: n79055718
- VIAF: 49344224
- Wikidata: Q236848
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q236848
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- Susan COOPER
- susan cooper
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