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Susanna Clarková

born 1959

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Susanna Mary Clarke is an English author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternative history. Clarke began Jonathan Strange in 1993 and worked on it during her spare time. For the next decade, she published short stories from the Strange universe, but it was not until 2003 that Bloomsbury bought her manuscript and began work on its publication. The novel became a best-seller.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
November 1, 1959
Nottingham
Citizenship

United Kingdom

Occupations & fields
novelistwriterscience fiction writereditorlanguage teacherEnglish teacher
Awards & honours
Hugo Award for Best NovelLocus Award for Best First NovelWorld Fantasy Award for Best NovelMythopoeic AwardsThe British Book AwardsWomen's Prize for Fiction
Notable works
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Field and occupation
britská spisovatelka
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