Elspeth Cooper
"Order is white and cold and passionless, driven by logic. Chaos is passion unfettered, both creative and destructive energies pursued indisciminatley."
Elspeth Cooper was born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north east of England. A fantasy reader from an early age, she began writing her own stories when still a child and never quite grew out of it.
In 2009, ill-health forced her to give up a 21-year career in IT and now she writes full-time. Songs of the Earth, published in 2011 by Gollancz, was her first novel, and the first in The Wild Hunt Quartet.
A sword-owning, tea-drinking imagineer, she lives in Northumberland with her husband and two cats in a house full of books.
In 2009, ill-health forced her to give up a 21-year career in IT and now she writes full-time. Songs of the Earth, published in 2011 by Gollancz, was her first novel, and the first in The Wild Hunt Quartet.
A sword-owning, tea-drinking imagineer, she lives in Northumberland with her husband and two cats in a house full of books.
What genre does Elspeth Cooper write?
Elspeth Cooper writes fantasy fiction, often in an epic or high fantasy mode with imaginative worldbuilding.
What is Elspeth Cooper's main series and what order should I read it in?
Her principal series is The Wild Hunt Quartet. Read it starting with Songs of the Earth (Book 1), then Trinity Rising (Book 2), followed by The Raven's Shadow and the concluding fourth volume of the quartet.
Which book should I start with if I am new to her work?
Begin with Songs of the Earth, her debut novel and the first book in The Wild Hunt Quartet.
What themes or motifs recur in her books?
Her work frequently explores the tension between order and chaos, contrasting passion and logic, and features inventive, imaginative fantasy elements.
Has Elspeth Cooper published other books outside The Wild Hunt series?
Her best-known published work is The Wild Hunt Quartet, with Songs of the Earth as her debut in 2011. No additional standalone titles are listed on the provided source.
