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Susanna Clarke

Author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

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Works by Susanna Clarke

Associated Works

The Sandman: Book of Dreams (1996) — Contributor — 2,036 copies
Black Heart, Ivory Bones (2000) — Contributor — 690 copies
Black Swan, White Raven (1997) — Contributor — 584 copies
Happily Ever After (2011) — Contributor — 295 copies
Tails of Wonder and Imagination: Cat Stories (2010) — Contributor — 215 copies
The Way of the Wizard (2010) — Contributor — 207 copies
The Secret History of Fantasy (2010) — Contributor — 199 copies
Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess (2009) — Foreword — 138 copies
Starlight 2 (1998) — Contributor — 137 copies
Starlight 1 (1996) — Contributor — 132 copies
Starlight 3 (2001) — Contributor — 103 copies
A Fall of Stardust (1999) — Author — 81 copies
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell [2015 TV series] (2015) — Original book — 77 copies

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Legal name
Clarke, Susanna Mary
Birthdate
1959-11-01
Gender
female
Nationality
UK
Country (for map)
England, UK
Birthplace
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Places of residence
County Durham, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Bilbao, Spain
Turin, Italy
Education
University of Oxford (St Hilda's College)
Occupations
editor
novelist
short-story writer
Relationships
Greenland, Colin (partner)
Awards and honors
British Book Award (Newcomer of the Year, 2005)
Waterstones 25 Authors for the Future (2007)
Short biography
Susanna Mary Clarke (born 1 November 1959) is a British author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternate history. Both Clarke's novel and her short stories are set in a magical England and written in a pastiche of the styles of 19th-century writers such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

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A small, beautiful, melancholic fantasy that shows us what the better angels of our nature could look like. The setting of the House could be a place of nightmares, but the pure heart of Piranesi renders it full of grace, beauty, and kindness. This story made me yearn for the magical thinking of childhood; I remembered the place that was where I “last believed the world to be fluid,” “before the iron hand of modern rationality gripped [my] mind.” What a gift for a story to give.
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Charon07 | 270 other reviews | Mar 18, 2024 |
Small but perfectly formed fantasy. Brought back to me the childhood feeling of reading stories where another world is hidden just out of sight.
 
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debbiereads | 270 other reviews | Mar 17, 2024 |
This was an amazing book. I will re-read it soon.
 
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RuthInman123 | 270 other reviews | Mar 12, 2024 |
A perfect novel. The mystery is unraveled at the perfect pace. It's stunning, really. Standing back and looking at the work as a whole, I feel the same quiet awe and gratitude I think I would feel standing in Piranesi's Halls.
 
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MrsHammyMax | 270 other reviews | Mar 10, 2024 |

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Works
20
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Members
36,671
Popularity
#500
Rating
4.0
Reviews
1,176
ISBNs
184
Languages
23
Favorited
204

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