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Susanna Clarke

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British author (1959-)

United KingdomWritersBorn 1959 · age 66
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Susanna Mary Clarke is an English author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternative history. Clarke began Jonathan Strange in 1993 and worked on it during her spare time.

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Colin Greenland, Clarke's partner, did not read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell until it was published.[12]Colin Greenland, Clarke's partner, did not read Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell until it was published.[12]

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2021Women's Prize for Fiction
2005Hugo Award for Best Novel
2005Locus Award for Best First Novel
2005World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
2005Mythopoeic Awards
2005The British Book Awards
2005Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

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Susanna Mary Clarke is an English author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternative history. Clarke began Jonathan Strange in 1993 and worked on it during her spare time. For the next decade, she published short stories from the Strange universe, but it was not until 2003 that Bloomsbury bought her manuscript and began work on its publication. The novel became a best-seller.

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United Kingdom
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living
Dates
Born 1959 · age 66
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27 languages

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