Susan Cooper
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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.
Works written by Susan Cooper include:
- The Dark Is Rising series
Susan Cooper provides examples of the following tropes:
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: It's never made clear exactly what's going on with Richard Burbage/Babbage 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.