Susanna Clarke

3 summariesFantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Susanna Mary Clarke 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.

Books by Susanna Clarke

3 books available

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
3.8 (198k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
In 19th-century England, where magic is a forgotten art, two rival magicians rediscover its power. One is cautious, the other reckless. Their conflict risks not just their partnership but reality itself as they explore the dangerous world of the ancient Raven King and Faerie.
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
4.4 (10k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In a vast house of classical statues and surging tides, Piranesi's calm life with 'The Other' falls apart as forgotten memories hint at a dark truth beyond his labyrinthine world.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke
Fiction
In an alternate 19th-century England where magic is a forgotten art, two rival magicians, one reclusive and traditional, the other charismatic and daring, bring back ancient powers, inadvertently plunging their nation into a dangerous struggle with dark fae and forgotten enchantments.