Louise Cooper

Not to be confused with Louis Cooper. This article is about the fantasy writer. For the financial analyst, see Louise Cooper (financial analyst). For the former football player, see Louise Cooper (footballer). For the composer, see Louise Cooper Spindle.

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 Barnet, Hertfordshire.[2] 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.[citation needed]

Cooper died aged 57 of a brain haemorrhage on 21 October 2009.[3] Her husband survives her.[4]

  1. ^ "Biography taken from Louise Cooper's publisher (Mundania Press) website". Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  2. ^ Summary Bibliography: Louise Cooper Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  3. ^ "Author Louise Cooper dies". Thebookseller.com. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Read, Lorna (28 October 2009). "Sad loss: Passionate and 'extraordinary' local author dies". Thisiscornwall.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2013.