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Susanna Clarke

Born

in Nottingham, England, The United Kingdom

November 01, 1959

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Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Alternate History

Influences

Jane Austen, Neil Gaiman

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Susanna Clarke was born in Nottingham in 1959. 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 & Mr Norrell.

From 1993 to 2003, Susanna Clarke was an editor at Simon and Schuster's Cambridge office, where she worked on their cooke ...more

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Susanna Clarke’s books

Average rating: 4.07 · 894,288 ratings · 122,881 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Piranesi 4.20 avg rating — 571,440 ratings — published 2020 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.88 avg rating — 262,464 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 24,507 ratings — published 2006 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke, Victoria Sawdon (Illustrator) 3.40 avg rating — 26,263 ratings — published 2024 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Jilid II by Susanna Clarke, Femmy Syahrani (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 1,499 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Jilid I by Susanna Clarke, Femmy Syahrani (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 1,343 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Jilid III by Susanna Clarke, Femmy Syahrani (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City 4.29 avg rating — 45 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	英倫魔法師【上卷】 by Susanna Clarke, 蘇珊娜·克拉克, 彭倩文 (Translator) 4.21 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	英倫魔法師【下卷】 by Susanna Clarke, 蘇珊娜·克拉克, 彭倩文 (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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