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Susanna Clarke

Born

in Nottingham, England, The United Kingdom

November 01, 1959

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Alternate History

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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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Average rating: 4.06 · 672,420 ratings · 85,714 reviews · 33 distinct works ? Similar authors

	Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 377,805 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 247,146 ratings — published 2004 — 239 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 — 22,733 ratings — published 2006 — 65 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 (Illustrations) 3.47 avg rating — 16,780 ratings — published 2024 — 12 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 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 1,450 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 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 1,284 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 (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 487 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
	英伦魔法师【上卷】 by Susanna Clarke, 苏珊娜·克拉克, 彭倩文 (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 39 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
	英伦魔法师【下卷】 by Susanna Clarke, 苏珊娜·克拉克, 彭倩文 (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 19 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 Cistern 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings	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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