Susan Cooper
Susan Cooper is the author of the classic five-book sequence The Dark is Rising, which won a Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor Award, and two Carnegie Honor Awards. Born in England, she was a reporter and feature writer for the London Sunday Times before coming to live in the United States. Her writing includes books for children and adults, a Broadway play, films, and Emmy-nominated screenplays. Her books for children are King of Shadows and Victory, and for adults a portrait of Revels founder Jack Langstaff called The Magic Maker. Susan lives and writes in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
Books
Ghost Hawk
Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books
Interest age: 14+
Reading age: 14+
Set in 17th century America, this is the story of Little Hawk and the young settler to whom he becomes irrevocably and fatally linked.
The Dark is Rising
Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: Red Fox
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+
This is probably one of the greatest fantasy sequences ever written. Darkly magical and intense Cooper weaves her storytelling wonder over fully realised characters and worlds, drawing in the reader and leading them on a journey that will leave them clambering for the rest of the series.
Victory
Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: Random House
Interest age: 9-11
Reading age: 9+
Two children cross an ocean, two hundred years apart. Newbery medal winner and Carnegie nominee Susan Cooper offers an outstanding contribution to the flood of novels inspired by the Trafalgar bicentenary.