Susan Cooper Quote

You remember the fairy tales you were told when you were very small - 'once upon a time...' Why do you think they always began like that?Because they weren't true, Simon said promptly.Jane said, caught up in the unreality of the high remote place, Because perhaps they were true once, but nobody could remember them.

Susan Cooper

You remember the fairy tales you were told when you were very small - 'once upon a time...' Why do you think they always began like that?Because they weren't true, Simon said promptly.Jane said, caught up in the unreality of the high remote place, Because perhaps they were true once, but nobody could remember them.

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About Susan Cooper

Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology such as the Arthurian legends and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council. In 2024, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 40th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy.