Susan Cooper

English-American fantasy writer · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1935 · age 91

Susan Mary Cooper 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.

Susan Cooper is read about 219 times a day, in 21 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 108 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?

Compare Claim

A life in dates

2024Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master AwardAward2020Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward2013World Fantasy Award for Life AchievementAward2012Margaret Edwards AwardAward1977“That one is so sharp he will cut himself.”In their wordsChapter 7 “Afanc” (p. 98)Read the whole statement

“All life is theatre,” he said. “We are all actors, you and I, in a play which nobody wrote and which nobody will see. We have no audience but ourselves....” He laughed gently.”In their wordsChapter 9 “The City” (p. 139)Read the whole statement

“The Land is neither of the Dark nor the Light, nor ever was.”In their wordsChapter 12 “The Journey” (p. 164)Read the whole statement

“For remember,” he said, “that it is altogether your world now. You and all the rest.”In their wordsChapter 20 “One Goes Alone” (p. 272)Read the whole statement

1976Newbery MedalAward1975“He was not for that moment a human being, but a frenzied creature possessed by rage, turned into an animal.”In their wordsChapter 5 “Fire on the Mountain” (p. 55)Read the whole statement

“He made the quick apologetic grimace that seemed to be as near as he ever came to a smile.”In their wordsChapter 8 “The Girl from the Mountains” (p. 91)Read the whole statement

1935Born23 May 1935

People around Susan

Also in Deutsch Français

Media & music

Photos 1

In their own words 4

Susan Cooper

4 statements, newest first

The mindless ferocity of this man, and all those like him, their real loathing born of nothing more solid than insecurity and fear...It was a channel.
1977 · Chapter 4 “Midsummer Day” (p. 54), Own words
Bran said, “Why should some of the riders of the Dark be dressed all in white and the rest all in black?”“Without color....” Will said reflectively. “I don’t know.
1977 · Chapter 10 “The Rose-Garden” (p. 146), Own words
Strong as a young lion, pliant as a loving woman, and bitter to the taste, as all enchantment in the end must be.
1977 · Chapter 14 “Caer Wydyr” (p. 190), Own words

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Awards

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award2024

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2020

World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement2013

Margaret Edwards Award2012

Newbery Medal1976

About this person

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. In 2024, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 40th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy.

Country

United Kingdom