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Susanna Clarke


Born
in Nottingham, England, The United Kingdom
November 01, 1959

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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Alternate History

Influences
Jane Austen, Neil Gaiman


Susanna Clarke was born in Nottingham in 1959. A nomadic childhood was spent in towns in Northern England and Scotland. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and has worked in various areas of non-fiction publishing, including Gordon Fraser and Quarto. In 1990, she left London and went to Turin to teach English to stressed-out executives of the Fiat motor company. The following year she taught English in Bilbao.

She returned to England in 1992 and spent the rest of that year in County Durham, in a house that looked out over the North Sea. There she began working on her first novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

From 1993 to 2003, Susanna Clarke was an editor at Simon and Schuster's Cambridge office, where she worked on their cooke ...more

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Average rating: 4.06 · 763,976 ratings · 100,726 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors
Piranesi
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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The Ladies of Grace Adieu a...
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“And how shall I think of you?' He considered a moment and then laughed. 'Think of me with my nose in a book!”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
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“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange.
Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never could.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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Well, we arrived at a three way tie in the vote for our March read so it's time for a run-off poll. This poll will only be open for a little over two days so be sure to get your vote in. Last day to vote will be Tuesday, February 21.

 
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