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Susanna Clarke

UK  (1959 - )
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About Susanna Clarke
Susanna Clarke was born in Nottingham in 1959, the eldest daughter of a Methodist Minister. A nomadic childhood was spent in towns in Northern England and Scotland. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and has worked in various areas of non-fiction publishing, including Gordon Fraser and Quarto. In 1990 she left London and went to Turin to teach English to stressed-out executives of the Fiat motor company. The following year she taught English in Bilbao.

She returned to England in 1992 and spent the rest of that year in County Durham, in a house that looked out over the North Sea. There she began working on her first novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
 
Anthologies containing stories by Susanna Clarke
Book of DreamsBlack Swan, White RavenThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual CollectionThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection
Black Heart, Ivory BonesThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Thirteenth Annual Collection
 
Short stories
The Ladies of Grace Adieu (1996)
Stopp't-Clock Yard (1996)
On Lickerish Hill (1997)
Mrs Mabb (1998)
The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse (1999)
Mr. Simonelli Or the Fairy Widower (2000)


Awards
Whitbread Prize First Novel nominee (2004) : Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
British Science Fiction Association Best Novel nominee (2004) : Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2004) : Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
World Fantasy Best Novel winner (2005) : Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (2005) : Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Hugo Best Novel winner (2005) : Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel winner (2005) : Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell


Susanna Clarke recommends
Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys (2005)
Neil Gaiman
"Immensely entertaining... combines the anarchy of Douglas Adams with a Wodehousian generosity of spirit."



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