Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Author Susan Cooper remembers reading inside to block out the noise of the air raids in London during World War II.
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There was a lizard on Susan Cooper's typewriter when she wrote The Dark is Rising. While we can't be totally sure, we're thinking this fact must be unique to this book.
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The first time someone read one of her stories, Susan Cooper was so embarrassed that she ripped up the book.
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Susan Cooper only took up writing The Dark is Rising series in response to an essay contest her boss told her about. She didn't even end up submitting her story, but she got it published anyway. You go, girl.
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More than twenty publishers turned down the series before she got a deal. That's perseverance for you.
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