Susan Cooper is a world-renowned author of children's books. Born and brought up in England, she worked as a journalist before moving to America, where she
now lives. Her fabulous The Dark Is Rising sequence has won the
Newbery Medal and was twice shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her
Boggart titles have won the Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award
and been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Smarties Prize. King
of Shadows was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. As well as
writing novels, Susan Cooper writes successful plays, and screenplays
for film and television.