Susan Cooper

Susan Cooper in September 2013

Susan Cooper (born May 23, 1935 in Burnham , Buckinghamshire , England ) is a British writer who studied English in Oxford. Cooper has created a very eclectic body of work that includes screenplays, novels, children's books, and plays. After completing her studies, she first worked as a journalist, but then married an American and moved to Connecticut / USA in 1963. Her biggest success today is her fantasy series The Dark is Rising .

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Susan Cooper is by her youth book series " Winter Solstice " ( The Dark is Rising ) become known them in the elements of the Arthur - Sage with Celtic mythology ( Mabinogion ) and own elements into an exciting fantasy linked to children. The series is more aimed at younger readers and has received several awards. The first part is called “ Before the Flood Comes ”, the second is “ Winter Solstice ”, followed by “ Greenwitch ”, “ The Gray King ” and “ The Powers of Light ”.

" Winter Solstice " is about the struggle between good and evil that has been going on since ancient times. With the 11th birthday of the protagonist Will Stantons, the last to join the so-called ancestors, this struggle enters a decisive phase. The second part of the series of novels was filmed in 2007 under the title The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (Eng: Winter Solstice - The Hunt for the Six Signs of Light ).

Her first marriage was from 1963 to 1983 with the American Nicholas Grant, which is why she moved from England to the United States. In 1996 she married the actor and writer Hume Cronyn , with whom she remained married until his death in 2003.

Awards

• 1976 Newbery Medal for The Gray King
• 1978 Wilhelm Hauff Prize for the winter solstice
• 2012 Margaret A. Edwards Award of the American Library Association for great achievements in youth literature ( The winter solstice saga )
• 2013 World Fantasy Award for life's work

Works

Fantasy for children

Winter Solstice - The Dark Is Rising

• Over Sea, Under Stone , 1965, Before the Flood Comes , 1985, ISBN 3-570-30166-4
• The Dark is Rising , 1973, Winter Solstice , 1977, ISBN 3-570-30303-9
• Greenwitch , 1974, Greenwitch , 1985, ISBN 3-570-30168-0
• The Gray King , 1975, The Gray King , 1986, ISBN 3-570-30304-7
• Silver on the Tree , 1977, The Powers of Light , 1986, ISBN 3-570-30305-5

the complete saga as an anthology:

• The Dark Is Rising Sequence , 1987, light chasers. The Winter Solstice Saga , 2008, ISBN 3-570-13625-6

Boggart

• The Boggart , 1993, The Boggart in Loch Ness , 1998, ISBN 3473343579
• The Boggart and the Monster , 1997, Boggart. An Old Being in the New World , 1998, ISBN 3-570-21049-9

Single novels

• Seaward , 1983, At the End of the Sea , 1987, ISBN 3473516252
• King of Shadows , 1999, Puck's Dream , 2002, ISBN 3473522023
• Green Boy , 2002
• Victory , 2006, Victory. The story of Molly & Sam , 2007, ISBN 3414820234
• Ghost Hawk , 2013 (historical novel about the Wampanoag and Plymouth Colony )

Illustrated children's books

• Jethro and the Jumbie (1979)
• The Silver Cow (1983)
• The Selkie Girl (1986)
• Tam Lin (1991)
• Matthew's Dragon (1991)
• Danny and the Kings (1993)
• Frog (2002)
• The Magician's Boy , 2005

Other

• Mandrake (1964)
• Behind the Golden Curtain (1965)
• JB Priestley: Portrait of an Author (1970) (A biography of JB Priestley )
• Dawn of Fear (1970) (autobiographical novel during the London Blitz )
• Foxfire (acting)
• The Dollmaker (film script)
• Dreams and Wishes (1996) (essays on children's literature)

Web links

Commons : Susan Cooper  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Literature by and about Susan Cooper in the catalog of the German National Library
• Susan Cooper in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Susan Cooper in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Susan Cooper at Open Library
• The Lost Land of Susan Cooper official homepage (English)