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Susanna Clarke

Clarke in March 2006.
Born November 1, 1959 (1959-11-01) (age 48)
Nottingham, England
Occupation Novelist, short story writer
Nationality English
Writing period 1996—Present
Genres Alternate history, Fantasy
Literary movement Magical Realism
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Biography

Early life

Susanna [Mary] Clarke was born November 1, 1959 in Nottingham, England. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland [1] She was the eldest daughter of a Methodist Minister and spent her childhood in various towns across Northern England and Scotland. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Northern England, The North, The North of England or (less commonly The North Country refers to the parts of England north of an ill-defined line Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. [2] She attended St Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. St Hilda's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. In the following eight years she worked in publishing at Quarto and Gordon Fraser, then in 1990 she went abroad for two years, teaching English as a foreign language in Turin, Italy and Bilbao, Spain. Gordon Fraser (1911-1981 was a British publisher and literary editor Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Bilbao, (also Bilbo) in the North of Spain, is the largest city in the Basque Country and the capital of the province of Biscay (Basque Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. [1]

Short fiction

In 1992 she returned to England, having departed from teaching, and spent the remainder of the year in County Durham. [2] Early the following year she compiled her notes for what would be Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and attempted to write the novel. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. Clarke realized that a more formal education in fiction writing might be an asset and thus applied to the Arvon Foundation, a charity for writers in Britain, wherein the student would receive an intensified education during a four- or five-day course with two tutors. The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which promotes Creative writing. After investigating several of the fantasy-oriented course offerings, Clarke opted for the one mentored by Colin Greenland and Geoff Ryman since they were on the literary end of fantasy. Colin Greenland (born May 17 1954) is a British Science fiction writer whose first story won the second prize in a 1982 Faber & Faber Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951 is a writer of Science fiction, Fantasy and surrealistic or " slipstream " fiction Greenland sent one of Clarke's stories from the course, "The Ladies of Grace Adieu," to Neil Gaiman, who in turn showed it to Patrick Nielsen Hayden. Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Patrick James Nielsen Hayden (born Patrick James Hayden January 2, 1959 in Lansing Michigan) often abbreviated as PNH, is an American Hayden bought Clarke's tale for publication in his Starlight 1 (1996) anthology. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) [1]

In the following decade, Clarke was employed as an editor of cookbooks at Simon & Schuster's Cambridge office. Simon & Schuster Inc, a division of CBS Corporation, is a Publisher founded in New York in 1924 by Richard L The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England [1] During this time, she published seven short stories and novellas in US anthologies. One, "The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse" (1999), first appeared in a limited-edition, illustrated chapbook from Green Man Press. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Another, "Mr Simonelli, or The Fairy Widower," was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award in 2001. [2] Many of Clarke's short tales relate to the world of her first novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. [1]

The Decade of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

In 1993, while she still resided in County Durham in a house that over-looked the North Sea, she began writing her first novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, which was completed a decade later and published by Bloomsbury in October 2004. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent London -based publishing house known for literary Novels It was named Publisher of the Year in 1999 and October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [2] The novel was not a small undertaking, being 800 pages in length and requiring of Clarke a great deal of time researching the history of early 19th-Century London. [3]

“ I wanted to explore my ideas of the fantastic, as well as my ideas of England and my attachment to English landscape. From an English person's point of view, you look across at America and you get the impression there is a sort of fable, a myth of America: an ideal of what America really is. Sometimes it feels to me as though we don't have a fable of England, of Britain, something strong and idealized and romantic. „

—Susanna Clarke, "The Three Susanna Clarkes," Locus, April 2005, page 56. Locus is a monthly American Magazine, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field"

The finished product, an alternate history fantasy regarding two magicians, was filled with historical detail and copious footnotes that embellished the world. Alternate history or alternative history is a subgenre of Speculative fiction (or Science fiction) and Historical fiction Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting [3]

Current

Clarke resides in Cambridge with her partner, the science fiction novelist and reviewer Colin Greenland, with whom she has lived since 1996. Colin Greenland (born May 17 1954) is a British Science fiction writer whose first story won the second prize in a 1982 Faber & Faber [2] She is working on a new book that begins a few years after the closing events of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. This new work will focus on different characters, as Ms. Clarke has become more interested in people who are lower down the social scale (possibly meaning Childermass and Vinculus) and less intrigued by the rich and famous. [3]

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

Miscellaneous

Awards

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e Clarke, Susanna (April 2005), “The Three Susanna Clarkes”, Locus: 6–7, 56, <http://www.locusmag.com/2005/Issues/04Clarke.html> 
  2. ^ a b c d e Susanna Clarke: The Author By the Publisher. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is the debut novel by British writer Susanna Clarke. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (ISBN 0-7475-8703-5 is a collection of 8 short stories some of which are set in the same world as the novel of magic, The Sandman Book of Dreams (1996 edited by Ed Kramer and Neil Gaiman, is an Anthology of short stories based on The Sandman Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Edward E Kramer (born on March 20, 1961) is an American editor and author of numerous Science fiction, Fantasy, and horror The Dweller in High Places was broadcast on BBC 7 's The 7th Dimension program as part of the Blood Lines series Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The World Fantasy Awards are annual international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of Fantasy. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Guardian First Book Award issued before 1999 as Guardian Fiction Prize or Guardian Fiction Award is awarded to new writing in Fiction and Non-fiction "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Costa Book Awards are among the United Kingdom 's most prestigious literary awards Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The British Book Awards are given annually and promoted by the UK Publishing industry trade journal Publishing News. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Locus is a monthly American Magazine, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field" Retrieved on 2007-04-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English
  3. ^ a b c Susanna Clarke: Author of Fantasy Fiction. Retrieved on 2007-04-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English

See also

External links

The following is a List of fictional books in the works of Susanna Clarke.
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