Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail. SUSAN COOPER: (Reading) So the shortest ...

Saratoga Springs, NY – Susan Green Cooper, 45, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2020 peacefully in her home in Saratoga Springs, NY after a 4 ½ year courageous battle with brain cancer.