Louise Cooper

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Louise Cooper (29 May 1952 - 21 October 2009) was a British fantasy writer born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. She began writing stories at school to entertain friends, left school at fifteen, and published her first novel, The Book of Paradox, in 1973 at the age of twenty. She moved to London in 1975, worked as a secretary and as a paperback blurb writer in publishing, and became a full-time writer in 1977. Over her career she published more than eighty fantasy and supernatural novels for adults and children, among them the Time Master trilogy and its related series. She lived in Cornwall with her husband, the artist Cas Sandall, and drew on the coast and scenery there; she was treasurer of her local lifeboat station and sang with a shanty group. She died of a brain haemorrhage in October 2009, aged 57.

Universe(s)

Books

• The Initiate (1985) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• The Outcast (1986) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• The Master (1987) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• The Deceiver (1990) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• The Pretender (1991) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• The Avenger (1992) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• Eclipse (1994) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• Star Ascendant (1994) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• Moonset (1995) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• Daughter of Storms (1996) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• The Dark Caller (1997) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon
• Keepers of Light (1998) · Time Master (World of Chaos and Order) Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 12 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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