WRITER

Susan Cooper

1935 - Today

Susan Cooper

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 760,478 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Susan Cooper is the 5,946th most popular writer (down from 5,514th in 2019), the 4,776th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,584th in 2019) and the 536th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

760k
Page Views (PV)
44.21
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
19
Languages Editions (L)
2.02
Effective Languages (L*)
3.60
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Grey King

Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile fiction

*"Fire on the Mountain Shall Find the Harp of Gold Played to Wake the Sleepers, Oldest of the Old..."* With the final battle between the Light and the Dark soon approaching, Will sets out on a quest to call for aid. Hidden within the Welsh hills is a magical harp that he must use to wake the Sleepers - six noble riders who have slept for centuries. But an illness has robbed Will of nearly all his knowledge of the Old Ones, and he is left only with a broken riddle to guide him in his task. As Will travels blindly through the hills, his journey will bring him face-to-face with the most powerful Lord of the Dark - the Grey King. The King holds the harp and Sleepers within his lands, and there has yet to be a force strong enough to tear them from his grasp... Fourth in The Dark is Rising series.

1975

Over sea, under stone

Adventure stories, Brothers and sisters, Cornwell (England : County )

On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that -- the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in searching for it themselves, the Drews put their very lives in peril. This is the first volume of Susan Cooper's brilliant and absorbing fantasy sequence known as The Dark Is Rising.

1965

Silver on the tree

Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile fiction

1977

Greenwitch

Fantasy, Juvenile fiction, Fiction

Simon, Jane, and Barney, enlisted by their mysterious great-uncle, arrive in a small coastal town to recover a priceless golden grail stolen by the forces of evil -- Dark. They are not at first aware of the strange powers of another boy brought to help, Will Stanton -- nor of the sinister significance of the Greenwitch, an image of leaves and branches that for centuries has been cast into the sea for good luck in fishing and harvest. Their search for the grail sets into motion a series of disturbing, sometimes dangerous events that, at their climax, bring forth a gift that, for a time at least, will keep the Dark from rising. Third in The Dark is Rising series.

1974

Seaward

Fantasy, Fantasy fiction

His name is West. Her name is Cally. They speak different languages and come from different countries thousands of miles apart, but they do not know that. What they do know are the tragedies that took their parents, then wrenched the two of them out of reality, into a strange and perilous world through which they must travel together, knowing only that they must reach the sea. Together West and Cally embark upon a strange and sometimes terrifying quest, learning to survive and to love and, at last, the real secret of their journey.

1983

The Dark is Rising

England, Fantasy, Fiction

*"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, three from the circle, three from the track; wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; five will return, and one go alone.”* With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. His task is monumental: he must find and guard the six great Signs of the Light, which, when joined, will create a force strong enough to match and perhaps overcome that of the Dark. Embarking on this endeavor is dangerous as well as deeply rewarding; Will must work within a continuum of time and space much broader than he ever imagined. Second in The Dark is Rising series.

1972

Page views of Susan Coopers by language

Over the past year Susan Cooper has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 104,070 views, followed by German (6,203), and Spanish (4,496). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (165.13%), Serbian (44.71%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (37.18%)