Susanna Clarke

Susanna Clarke fascinates me precisely because she works slowly and means it. Spending roughly a decade writing Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in her spare time, then sweeping the Hugo, World Fantasy and Locus awards on her debut, is the literary equivalent of arriving fully formed. I love how she treats magic as scholarship, dense, footnoted, utterly convincing. Her output is small, but every book feels carved rather than churned out, and her 2021 Women's Prize win confirmed she's no one-hit wonder. In an era of relentless content, a writer this patient and meticulous feels almost rebellious, and I deeply respect that restraint.

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Name (English)

Susanna Clarke

Name (Japanese)

スザンナ・クラーク

Reading

すざんな・くらーく

Born

November 1, 1959 (age 66)

Origin

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Occupation

novelist / writer / science fiction writer / editor / language teacher

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

University

St Hilda's College

Awards & achievements

• 2005 Hugo Award for Best Novel
• 2005 Locus Award for Best First Novel
• 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
• 2005 Mythopoeic Awards
• 2005 The British Book Awards
• 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction
• 2005 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna%20Clarke
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232772

Tags

• novelist
• writer
• science fiction writer

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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