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Susan Cooper

1935 - Today

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Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology such as the Arthurian legends and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan Cooper has received more than 835,752 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Susan Cooper is the 5,947th most popular writer (down from 5,514th in 2019), the 4,777th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,584th in 2019) and the 536th most popular British Writer.

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  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Susan Cooper ranks 5,947 out of 7,302. Before her are Christian Kracht, Göran Sonnevi, Sita Ram Goel, Benny Andersen, Claude Esteban, and J. Michael Straczynski. After her are Arvo Valton, Álvaro Pombo, Nísia Floresta, Tomoji Abe, György Bessenyei, and Leon Kruczkowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Susan Cooper ranks 464. Before her are Michael Jayston, Óscar Chávez, Győző Forintos, Jim Hall, Anaid Iplicjian, and Claude Esteban. After her are Arvo Valton, Daniel Quinn, Victor Chizhikov, Vicente Cantatore, Mitsuo Ikeda, and Derek Kevan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Susan Cooper ranks 4,777 out of 8,785. Before her are Glyn Johns (1942), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), Lionel Tertis (1876), Robert H. McNaught (1956), James Gibbs (1682), and Nigel Lawson (1932). After her are Patricia Quinn (1944), Thomas Button (1575), Henry Tate (1819), Ed O'Brien (1968), Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781), and Grahame Clark (1907).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Susan Cooper ranks 536. Before her are Anthony Powell (1905), Leigh Hunt (1784), Clare Hollingworth (1911), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), William Cobbett (1763), and Mina Loy (1882). After her are Hugh Blair (1718), Edmund Gosse (1849), William Bell Scott (1811), George Holyoake (1817), Francis Chichester (1901), and Alex Garland (1970).

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