Susanna Clarke

Susanna Clarke was born in Nottingham in 1959, the eldest daughter of a Methodist Minister. 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, published by Bloomsbury in October 2004.

Susanna lives in Cambridge with her partner, the novelist and reviewer Colin Greenland.

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke A very special book indeed, magical in all its senses, which has just won the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award for best book. Slow to get into and long, it is written in the style of the period... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2005 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)