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Susan (Mary) Cooper (1935-)

Writings



Mandrake (science fiction novel), J. Cape (London, England), 1964, Penguin (New York, NY), 1966.

Behind the Golden Curtain: A View of the U.S.A., Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1965, Scribner (New York, NY), 1966.

(Editor and author of preface) J. B. Priestley, Essays of Five Decades, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1968.

J. B. Priestley: Portrait of an Author, Heinemann (London, England), 1970, Harper (New York, NY), 1971.

Dawn of Fear, illustrated by Margery Gill, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1970.

Jethro and the Jumbie, illustrated by Ashley Bryan, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1979.

(Reteller) The Silver Cow: A Welsh Tale, illustrated by Warwick Hutton, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1983.

Seaward, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1983.

(Reteller) The Selkie Girl, illustrated by Warwick Hutton, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1986.

Tam Lin, illustrated by Warwick Hutton, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1991.

Matthew's Dragon, illustrated by Jos. A. Smith, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1991.

The Boggart, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1993.

Danny and the Kings, illustrated by Jos. A. Smith, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1993.

Dreams and Wishes: Essays on Writing for Children, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1996.

The Boggart and the Monster, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1997.

King of Shadows, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 1999.

Frog, illustrated by Jane Browne, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 2002.

Green Boy, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York), 2002.

Contributor to Don't Read This! And Other Tales of the Unnatural (short stories), Front Street (Asheville, NC), 1998. Author of introduction to The Christmas Revels Songbook: In Celebration of the Winter Solstice, edited by John and Nancy Langstaff, David R. Godine (Boston, MA), 1985, also published as The Christmas Revels Songbook: Carols, Processions, Rounds, Ritual, and Children's Songs in Celebration of the Winter Solstice, 1995, and of the introduction to A Revels Garland of Song: In Celebration of Spring, Summer, and Autumn, edited by John Langstaff, Revels (Cambridge, MA), 1996.



Cooper has contributed essays to The Age of Austerity: 1945-51, edited by Michael Sissons and Philip French, Hodder & Stoughton (London, England), 1963, Penguin (New York, NY), 1965, and When I Was Your Age, edited by Amy Ehrlich, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 1996. Contributor to numerous magazines and newspapers, including Horn Book, New York Times Book Review, Magpies, and the Welsh Review. Cooper also contributed the narration to the motion picture George Balanchine's Nutcracker, Warner Bros., 1993. Her papers are housed in the Lillian H. Smith collection, Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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