Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Suzanne Elizabeth Fagence Cooper is a British non-fiction writer who has written extensively on the Pre-Raphaelites and Victorian women, as well as the English artists and social reformers John Ruskin and Jane and William Morris.

Education and career

Fagence Cooper received a BA in history from University of Oxford and spent 12 years as a curator of the Victorian collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum where she co-curated The Victorian Vision exhibition in 2001. She is an honorary visiting fellow of the University of York.
As well as writing, Fagence Cooper is a design consultant and has worked with the BBC Channel 4 and was a historical consultant for the 2013 film The Invisible Woman. She was a contributor to Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone for BBC television, including providing a factual, historical perspective on the way Victorian lives can be presented in museums. She is also a Companion of the Guild of St George.

Personal life

Fagence Cooper lives near York and is married to John Cooper. They have two daughters, Rosalind and Beatrice.

Selected publications

Victorians at Home and Abroad. London: V & A Publications, 2001.
The Victorian Woman. London: V & A Publications, 2001.
Pre-Raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V & A Publications, 2003.
The Model Wife: Effie, Ruskin and Millais. London, Gerald Duckworth & Co., 2010.
Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais. St. Martin's Press, 2011. ISBN 0715641441
To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters. London: Quercus, 2020. ISBN 1529410452.
How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris. London: Quercus, 2023. ISBN 1529409500
The Ruskin Revival: 1969–2019. London: Pallas Athene, 2023. ISBN 184368182X