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. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council. Biography Cooper was born in 1935 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, to Ethel May (née Field) and her husband John Richard Cooper. Her father had worked in the reading room of the Natural History Museum until going off to fight in the Second World War, from which he returned with a wounded leg. He then pursued a career in the offices of the Great Western Railway. Her mother was a teacher of ten-year-olds and eventually became deputy head of a large school.
Susan Mary Cooper (nacida el 23 de mayo de 1935) es una autora inglesa de libros infantiles. Es más conocida por The Dark Is Rising, una serie de fantasía contemporánea ambientada en Inglaterra y Gales, que incorpora la mitología británica como las leyendas de Arthur y los héroes folclóricos galeses. Por ese trabajo, en 2012 ganó el premio Margaret A. Edwards a la vida de la American Library Association, reconociendo su contribución a la escritura para adolescentes. En la década de 1970, dos de las cinco novelas fueron nombradas el mejor libro en inglés del año con un "auténtico fondo galeso" por el Welsh Books Council. Biografía Cooper nació en 1935 en Burnham, Buckinghamshire, a Ethel May (née Field) y a su esposo John Richard Cooper. Su padre trabajó en la sala de lectura del Museo de Historia Natural hasta que se fue a luchar en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, de donde regresó con una herida en la pierna.