Susanna Clarke

British author (1959-) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers

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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2021Women's Prize for FictionAward2005Hugo Award for Best NovelAwardLocus Award for Best First NovelAwardMythopoeic AwardsAwardMythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult LiteratureAwardThe British Book AwardsAwardWorld Fantasy Award for Best NovelAward1959Born1 November 1959

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

Awards

Women's Prize for Fiction2021

Hugo Award for Best Novel2005

Locus Award for Best First Novel2005

World Fantasy Award for Best Novel2005

Mythopoeic Awards2005

The British Book Awards2005

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature2005

About this person

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