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I will review Susanna Clarke. It will take a day or two to read the article and compile comments. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast ( talk) 02:42, 15 May 2009 (UTC) reply

I've read the article, and without doubt, it is at a GA level. A couple of comments.
  • How well did Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell do? Obviously, it reached #3 on the NYT list but for how long? Presumably Bloomsbury earned back their advance. Is their any source that pins down the novel's financial return?
    • I added how long it was on the NY Times bestseller list. I didn't find any information on how much money the book made, unfortunately. Awadewit ( talk) 04:07, 16 May 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Small quibble about referencing a whole 'Early life' paragraph rather than per sentence. This being Wikipedia, someone is bound to insert text into the paragraph and, thus, break the reference.
  • I assume the photos are OK.
  • Outside of her successful novel, the article doesn't delve much into other aspects of her life...the biography part of the article is a bit modest. Penguin books usually print author bios - although brief - that delve a bit more into the author's life than this article. For example, she seems to have siblings as one source says she is the oldest daughter and that her father is a Methodist minister
No! Sorry, I meant those little bios at the beginning of novels published by Penguin and Puffin books. They tend to be information dense in comparison to the usual author bios. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast ( talk) 04:14, 16 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I don't think there is a Penguin edition of either of her works yet, though. Awadewit ( talk) 04:23, 16 May 2009 (UTC) reply
  • There is a Publisher's Weekly interview that quotes Clarke as saying she read and re-read Lord of the Rings just prior to starting the novel. Interesting detail.
    • Do you have the citation for that interview? I would appreciate it! Awadewit ( talk) 04:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC) reply
  • Stockton, Jessica. "Harry Potter Meets History" Publishers Weekly; 7/12/2004, Vol. 251 Issue 28, p42-42, 1/2p
  • Dewey, Joseph "Susanna Clarke" Guide to Literary Masters and Their Works. 2007. Great Neck Publishing
  • I've found the PW interview, but not the Guide. I can't find it in Google Books or my library catalog. Awadewit ( talk) 03:01, 21 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I found the guide at "Literary Reference Center - Powered by EBSCOhost" through my local public library. This is supposed to tbe a permanent link to the article. I'm not sure though if you can access it outside of a subscription. Cheers, Wassupwestcoast ( talk) 03:22, 21 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Do you know which part of EBSCO? I have access, but it is a multi-part database and I need to know the subsection. Awadewit ( talk) 03:25, 21 May 2009 (UTC) reply
The front end is called 'Literary Reference Centre' and is a product of EBSCO. The site doesn't say which database it is using, though. Not helpful. Your local public library probably subscribes. I have a feeling it is a product aimed at public libraries. I access it through the Vancouver Public Library. Cheers, Wassupwestcoast ( talk) 03:48, 21 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I'm just not finding it. Anyway you could copy/paste it into an email and send it to me? Awadewit ( talk) 04:09, 21 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I've just checked out the EBSCO product page, and 'Literary Reference Center' is indeed a product sold to public libraries. I checked my university library University of British Columbia and there is no matching database under the EBSCO logon. I'll send the text. Cheers, Wassupwestcoast ( talk) 04:10, 21 May 2009 (UTC) reply
Thanks so much! Awadewit ( talk) 04:13, 21 May 2009 (UTC) reply

All in all, this article deserves to pass GA. Cheers, Wassupwestcoast ( talk) 02:53, 16 May 2009 (UTC) reply

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