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At 27, Cooper abruptly left England to marry an American with three teenage children. Homesickness inspired her to write about the experience of living in the U.S. and an autobiographical book about growing up in England during World War II.

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Susan Cooper

Children’s Author

Meet Newbery winner Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising series) whose work weaves rich language and contemporary issues with fantasy, history, and traditional literature to create compelling, timeless picture books and young adult novels. In our interview, Cooper talks about becoming a writer as a young child, her early years as a journalist, her lifelong fascination with myths and legends, and where she believes the imagination lives.

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