Susanna Clarke
Susanna Clarke
Author • Narratorb. 01 November 1959 · From United Kingdom- Books
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Susanna Mary Clarke (born 1 November 1959) is an English author 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.
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Susanna Clarke's debut novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, won the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the British Book Award for Newcomer of the Year.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was adapted into a seven-part miniseries by the BBC, which first aired in 2015.
Readers typically begin with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, followed by The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories, which contains short stories set in the same universe. Piranesi is a standalone novel.