Susan Cooper

Susan Cooper is a British fantasy author, best known for The Dark Is Rising series. Her other novels include The Boggart and King of Shadows.


 * The Dark Is Rising series


 * Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: It's never made clear exactly what's going on with in King of Shadows, but it's definitely something supernatural.
 * Haunted Technology: in The Boggart
 * Historical Domain Character: William Shakespeare, Richard Burbage, and others in King of Shadows.
 * Selkies and Wereseals: Her picture book Selkie Girl recounts a traditional selkie legend from Ireland. Seaward features characters who turn out to be selkies.
 * Trust-Building Blunder: In King of Shadows, a Jerkass drops the hero in the falling-backward exercise... and is promptly bawled out by the director and kicked out of the group on the spot.