Susanna Clarke
4 SeriesSusanna Clarke is an English author known for her fantasy and alternate history novels. She studied at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, and worked in non-fiction publishing before writing her acclaimed novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. Clarke resides in Cambridge, England, with her partner, novelist and reviewer Colin Greenland.
In Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell," set during the Napoleonic Wars in 1806, magic reawakens in England. The reclusive Mr. Norrell emerges as a celebrated magician, believed to be the last of his kind. However, the arrival of the charismatic Jonathan Strange challenges Norrell's status and together, their divergent approaches to magic reshape the nation's history.
