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Susan Cooper

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About this author

Susan Cooper was born in 1935, and grew up in England's Buckinghamshire, an area that was green countryside then but has since become part of Greater London. As a child, she loved to read, as did her younger brother, who also became a writer. After attending Oxford, where she became the first woman to ever edit that university's newspaper, Cooper worked as a reporter and feature writer for London's Sunday Times; her first boss was James Bond creator Ian Fleming.

Cooper wrote her first book for young readers in response to a publishing house competition; "Over Sea, Under Stone" would later form the basis for her critically acclaimed five-book fantasy sequence, "The Dark Is Rising." The fourth book in the series, "The Grey King," won the Newbe...more


Average rating: 4.02 · 96,517 ratings · 4,084 reviews · 50 distinct works · Similar authors
The Dark is Rising (The Dar...
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 22,183 ratings — published 1973 — 66 editions
Over Sea, Under Stone (The ...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 19,029 ratings — published 1965 — 50 editions
The Grey King (The Dark is ...
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 15,910 ratings — published 1975 — 43 editions
Silver on the Tree (The Dar...
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 14,654 ratings — published 1977 — 38 editions
Greenwitch (The Dark is Ris...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 11,230 ratings — published 1974 — 38 editions
The Dark is Rising Sequence...
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 7,156 ratings — published 1984 — 17 editions
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 2,041 ratings — published 1993 — 20 editions
King of Shadows
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 823 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 1997 — 15 editions
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Upcoming Events

Book signing
Author appearance, May 30, 2013 12:00PM
BookExpo America (BEA), Javits Center, New York, NY, US

http://www.bookexpoamerica.com
Susan Cooper will be signing copies of "Ghost Hawk" at the Simon & Schuster...more


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Susan said "yes" to attending Book signing
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date: May 30, 2013 12:00PM
location: BookExpo America (BEA), Javits Center, New York, NY, The United States
description: Susan Cooper will be signing copies of "Ghost Hawk" at the Simon & Schuster booth at BEA.
Susan said "yes" to attending Susan Cooper Reading and Signing
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date: December 10, 2011 07:00PM
location: Northshire Bookstore, 4869 Main Street, Manchester Center, VT, The United States
description: A reading and book signing in support of "The Magic Maker: A Portrait of John Langstaff, Creator of The Christmas Revels". Susan would be happy to sign her other books as well!
More of Susan's books…
“The future cannot blame the present, just as the present cannot blame the past. The hope is always here, always alive, but only your fierce caring can fan it into a fire to warm the world.”
Susan Cooper, Silver on the Tree

“On the day of the dead, when the year too dies,
Must the youngest open the oldest hills
Through the door of the birds, where the breeze breaks.
There fire shall fly from the raven boy,
And the silver eyes that see the wind,
And the light shall have the harp of gold.

By the pleasant lake the Sleepers lie,
On Cadfan’s Way where the kestrels call;
Though grim from the Grey King shadows fall,
Yet singing the golden harp shall guide
To break their sleep and bid them ride.

When light from the lost land shall return,
Six Sleepers shall ride, six Signs shall burn,
And where the midsummer tree grows tall
By Pendragon’s sword the Dark shall fall.

Y maent yr mynyddoedd yn canu,
ac y mae’r arglwyddes yn dod.”
Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising Sequence

“When the Dark comes rising six shall turn it back;
Three from the circle, three from the track;
Wood, bronze, iron; Water, fire, stone;
Five will return and one go alone.

Iron for the birthday; bronze carried long;
Wood from the burning; stone out of song;
Fire in the candle ring; water from the thaw;
Six signs the circle and the grail gone before.

Fire on the mountain shall find the harp of gold
Played to wake the sleepers, oldest of old.
Power from the Green Witch, lost beneath the sea.
All shall find the Light at last, silver on the tree.”
Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising Sequence

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