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Works by Susan Cooper with their own trope page include:

• The Dark Is Rising series

Other works by Susan Cooper provide examples of:

• Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: It's never made clear exactly what's going on with Richard Burbage/Babbage in King of Shadows, but it's definitely something supernatural.
• Haunted Technology: in The Boggart
• Historical Domain Character: William Shakespeare, Richard Burbage, and others in King of Shadows.
• Selkies and Wereseals: Her picture book Selkie Girl recounts a traditional selkie legend from Ireland. Seaward features characters who turn out to be selkies.
• Trust Building Blunder: In King of Shadows, a Jerkass drops the hero in the falling-backward exercise... and is promptly bawled out by the director and kicked out of the group on the spot.