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We have new and used copies available, in 7 editions - starting at 0.99. Her latest books include the collaborative project 'The Exquisite Corpse Adventure' and her biography of Jack Langstaff titled 'The Magic Maker.' Ms. Green Boy by Susan Cooper - Alibris Buy Green Boy by Susan Cooper online at Alibris. She has also written books for adults, as well as plays and Emmy-nominated screenplays (some in collaboration with her second husband, the actor Hume Cronyn).

The sequence, deeply rooted in the rich heritage of Arthurian legend and Celtic mythology, is a classic work of children's literature, still in print after 40 years.Ĭooper went on to write other well-received children's novels, including 'Seaward,' 'The Boggart' and its sequel 'The Boggart and the Monster,' 'Green Boy,' 'King of Shadows,' and 'Victory,' as well as several picture books for young readers with illustrators such as Ashley Bryan and Warwick Hutton. Her first novels were 'Mandrake' and the autobiographical 'Dawn of Fear,' followed by the complete Dark is Rising sequence (Over Sea, Under Stone The Dark is Rising Greenwitch The Grey King Silver on the Tree). Susan Cooper is best known for her acclaimed five-book fantasy sequence The Dark is Rising, which won a Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor Award, and two Carnegie Honor Awards.īorn in England in 1935, she became a reporter and feature writer for the London Sunday Times-her first boss was James Bond creator Ian Fleming-before moving to the United States in 1963. A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction.200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001.