Susan Cooper
Susan Mary Cooper (born 1935) is an English-born American author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a five-volume contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology, such as the Arthurian legends, and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, she won in 2012 the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award, which the American Library Association annually confers upon an author and specified writings for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature".
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Speculative Fiction Books
Ghost Hawk
2013 | fantasy, historical, young adult
Victory
2006 | fantasy, historical, young adult, adventure
Green Boy
2002 | fantasy, young adult
King of Shadows
1999 | fantasy, young adult
Seaward
1983 | fantasy, young adult
Mandrake
1964 | science fiction