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Retrieved 8 February Susan Cooper. Priestley: Portrait of an Author". Further reading [ edit ]. External links [ edit ]. Wikiquote has quotations related to Susan Cooper. World Fantasy Award — Life Achievement. Bleiler Evangeline Walton R. Tepper David G. Authority control databases. CiNii 2. Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Pages containing links to subscription-only content IMDb title ID different from Wikidata Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from April Use British English from July All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from December Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia.

Toggle the table of contents. Cooper in Somerville College , Oxford. Children's fantasy novels. The Dark Is Rising series. Newbery Medal Margaret A. Edwards Award The history of the Marshfield area was the basis for her book Ghost Hawk , in which the spirit of a Wampanoag , whose people were decimated by European disease, witnesses the transformation of Massachusetts by the Plymouth Colony.

Before she saw the film, Cooper stated that she had requested some changes to it, but had received no response. In April , Cooper gave the fifth annual Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford , speaking on the role of fantasy literature in contemporary society. In she published The Shortest Day , based on her performance poem of the same title written for the Cambridge Christmas Revels in the s.

For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Cooper was U. Edwards Award recognises one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". Cooper won the award in citing the five Dark Is Rising novels, published to The citation observed, "In one of the most influential epic high fantasies in literature, Cooper evokes Celtic and Arthurian mythology and masterly world-building in a high-stakes battle between good and evil, embodied in the coming of age journey of Will Stanton.

Cooper wrote four screenplays produced for television, one supernatural tale for children and three more adaptations of books about Appalachia as Foxfire. Susan Cooper facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it. Categories : births Living people English children's writers Writers from Buckinghamshire. Hidden categories: Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia Webarchive template wayback links People stubs.

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