Louise Cooper

Louise Cooper (29 May 1952 – 21 October 2009)^[1] was a British fantasy writer who lived in Cornwall with her husband, Cas Sandall.

Cooper was born in Hertfordshire. She began writing stories when she was at school to entertain her friends. She continued to write and her first full-length novel was published at the age of twenty. She moved to London in 1975 and worked in publishing before becoming a full-time writer in 1977. She became a prolific writer of fantasy, renowned for her bestselling Time Master trilogy. She published more than eighty fantasy and supernatural novels, both for adults and children.

Cooper gained a great deal of writing inspiration from the coast and scenery, and her other interests included music, folklore, cooking, gardening and "messing about on the beach". She was treasurer of her local Lifeboat station; she and her husband both sang with the shanty group Falmouth Shout.

Cooper died aged 57 of a brain haemorrhage on 21 October 2009.^[2] Her husband survives her.^[3]

Bibliography

• The Book of Paradox (1973)
• Blood Summer (1976)
• In Memory of Sarah Bailey (followup to 'Blood Summer') (1976)
• Lord of No Time (which was later reworked into the Time Master Trilogy) (1977)
• Crown of Horn (1981)
• The Blacksmith (1982)
• The Time Master Trilogy (1986):

1. The Initiate
2. The Outcast
3. The Master

• Mirage (1987)
• The Thorn Key (1988)
• The Indigo series:

1. Nemesis (1989)
2. Inferno (1989)
3. Infanta (1990)
4. Nocturne (1990)
5. Troika (1991)
6. Avatar (1992)
7. Revenant (1993)
8. Aisling (1994)

• The Sleep of Stone (1991)
• The Chaos Gate Trilogy (followup to the Time Master Trilogy):

1. The Deceiver (1991)
2. The Pretender (1992)
3. The Avenger (1992)

• The Star Shadow' Trilogy (prequel to the Time Master Trilogy):

1. Star Ascendant (1994)
2. Eclipse (1994)
3. Moonset (1995)

• Firespell (republished under the title Heart of Fire in 1998) (1996)
• The Hounds of Winter (republished under the title Heart of Ice in 1998) (1996)
• Blood Dance (republished under the title Heart of Stone in 1998) (1996)
• The Shrouded Mirror (republished under the title Heart of Glass in 1998) (1996)
• The King's Demon (1996)
• Sacrament of Night (1997)
• Daughter of Storms Trilogy (Time Master spinoff):

1. Daughter of Storms (1996)
2. The Dark Caller (1997)
3. Keepers of Light (1998)

• Heart of Dust (1998)
• Storm Ghost (1998)
• Our Lady of the Snow (1998)
• The Summer Witch (1999)
• The Creatures series:

1. Once I Caught A Fish Alive (1998)
2. If You Go Down to the Woods (1998)
3. See How They Run (1998)
4. Who's been Sitting in My Chair? (1999)
5. Atishoo! Atishoo! All Fall Down! (1999)
6. Give a Dog a Bone (1999)
7. Daddy's Gone a-Hunting (2000)
8. Incy Wincy Spider (2000)
9. Here Comes a Candle (2000)

• Creatures at Christmas (short stories) (1999)
• The Spiral Garden (short stories) (2000)
• The Mirror Mirror Trilogy:

1. Breaking Through (2000)
2. Running Free (2000)
3. Testing Limits (2001)

• Short and Scary! (2002)
• Demon Crossing (2002)
• Doctor Who: Rip Tide (2003)
• Hunter's Moon (2003)
• Butch the Cat-Dog (2003)
• The Sea Horses quartet:

1. Sea Horses (2003)
2. The Talisman (2004)
3. Gathering Storm (2004)
4. The Last Secret (2005)

• Pebbleboy (2004)
• Merrow (2005)
• Short and Spooky! (2005)
• Terror in the Tower (2005)
• The Mermaid Curse' quartet:

1. The Silver Dolphin (2008)
2. The Black Pearl (2008)
3. The Rainbow Pool (2008)
4. The Golden Circlet (2008)
5. Heart Of Glass ( 1999 )

References

1. "Biography taken from Louise Cooper's publisher (Mundania Press) website". Retrieved 2009-10-21.
2. "Author Louise Cooper dies". Thebookseller.com. 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
3. Read, Lorna (2009-10-28). "Sad loss: Passionate and 'extraordinary' local author dies". Thisiscornwall.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-26.

External links

• Louise Cooper website
• Louise Cooper at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database