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Susanna Clarke

1959 - Today

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Susanna Mary Clarke (born 1 November 1959) is an English author best 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susanna Clarke is the 5,878th most popular writer (down from 5,570th in 2019), the 4,884th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,264th in 2019) and the 531st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Susanna Clarke ranks 5,878 out of 7,302. Before her are Göran Sonnevi, Horacio Guarany, Cornelia Sorabji, David Seidler, Dina Rubina, and Alberto Bevilacqua. After her are Ewa Lipska, Frederick Rolfe, Dragutin Tadijanović, Steve Sem-Sandberg, Richard Hoggart, and Algis Budrys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Susanna Clarke ranks 400. Before her are Roberto Fiore, Gelindo Bordin, Glenn Morshower, Daniel Goldhagen, Raf, and John Lauridsen. After her are Sylvia Hanika, Paula Yates, Brian Setzer, Domiziana Giordano, Vladimír Franz, and Michael Scott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Susanna Clarke ranks 4,885 out of 8,785. Before her are David Seidler (1937), Anthony Taylor (1978), Four Tet (1978), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Jennie Fletcher (1890), and Myra Hess (1890). After her are Spencer Davis (1939), Mary Midgley (1919), Frederick Rolfe (1860), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Robert Newton (1905), and Richard Hoggart (1918).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Susanna Clarke ranks 531. Before her are Mark Haddon (1962), Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), James Hogg (1770), Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823), Charles Wilkins (1749), and David Seidler (1937). After her are Frederick Rolfe (1860), Richard Hoggart (1918), Paula Yates (1959), Olivia Manning (1908), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), and David Storey (1933).

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