Enchanted by Merlin

Cooper’s first published book, Over Sea, Under Stone, started out as an adventure story but took a left turn when Cooper realized that what she really wanted to write was fantasy.

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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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