Over Sea: About the Author

Susan Cooper was born May 23, 1935 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England.

Susan Cooper started to write a lot during WWII, because it helped her to escape from everything going on around her. She later went to school at the University of Oxford in England. Susan writes fantasy, because when she was three years old she was surrounded by fairy tales, myths and folklore in England and she enjoyed all the stories.

Before writing her novels, Susan was a reporter for The Sunday Times in London. The reason Susan moved to America is because she married an American. In America, she felt homesick and started reading a lot more about Britain and it's history and stories. Then she started to get many ideas for the books. Most of her books take place in real British locations.

Source: http://susancooper.weebly.com/index.html

I have found a video interview with Susan Cooper.