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Susanna Clarke

Susanna Mary Clarke is an English author best known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternative history that became a best-seller. In 2006, she published a collection of her short stories, The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories. Clarke's second novel, Piranesi, was published in September 2020, winning the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction. In January 2024, she stated that she was currently working on a novel set in Bradford, England.