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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2013 Ghost Hawk
(fantasy, history, young adult)
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2006 Victory
(fantasy, history, young adult, adventure)
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2002 Green Boy
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1999 King of Shadows
(fantasy, young adult)
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1997 The Boggart and the Monster (Boggart, #2)
(fantasy, childrens)
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1993 The Boggart (Boggart, #1)
(fantasy, childrens)
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1983 Seaward
(fantasy, young adult)
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1977 Silver on the Tree (The Dark Is Rising, #5)
(fantasy, young adult)
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1975 The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising, #4)
(fantasy, young adult)
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1974 Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising, #3)
(fantasy, young adult)
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1973 The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising, #2)
(fantasy, young adult)
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1965 Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark Is Rising, #1)
(fantasy, young adult)
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1964 Mandrake
(science fiction)
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