On one sheet of paper I wrote the five titles, the names of the main characters, and the place and time of year of each book on another, a sketch of the ending of the sequence, which I did indeed use when I got there, years later. It was only a decade later, brooding over the idea that became The Dark Is Rising, that I re-read Over Sea and realized that these two books belonged together, in a sequence of five. I wrote the first book, Over Sea, Under Stone, without any thought of a sequel. Did you actually use that final page? Were there characters or events that surprised you as you wrote? Do you always know how your books will end? You’ve said that when you started writing “The Dark Is Rising” novels, you had an outline of what the next four books would entail and had already written the last page. Here, the author reflects on the centenary of the award and its meaning to her personally. For 20 years Cooper worked with Jack Langstaff in writing material for the nationally celebrated Revels in honor of the winter solstice.Ĭooper’s 1976 Newbery Medal was awarded the same year the American Library Association celebrated its 100th anniversary. The Grey King also earned the inaugural Tir na n-Og Award, presented by the Books Council of Wales. Susan Cooper won a Newbery Honor in 1974 for her novel The Dark Is Rising and the Newbery Medal in 1976 for The Grey King (both S & S), the fourth book in “The Dark Is Rising” sequence.
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