The Tiny Cooper Award for Best Supporting Character (TCABSC,
pronounced Tuh-Cab-Skuh) was created to honor those special guys and gals who,
while not the main focus of the book, are still extraordinary. The Tiny Coopers (Will
Grayson, Will Grayson), Anitas (West
Side Story), and Robins (Batman)
of the fictional world may not always get the girl (or guy), but sometimes they
fulfill their role of supporting or obstructing the lead character in such a
phenomenal way that it deserves special notice. This attention now comes in the
form of an imaginary award made up by me. Hey, they’re not the main characters,
so they have to take what they can get.
This Tiny Cooper Award for Best Supporting Character goes
to: Zuzana
from Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Days of Blood & Starlight, and Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor.
In lieu of five other nominees, here
are five reasons why Zuzana is awesome:
(spoilers for the three-book series
1) She
is uber talented. Zuzana comes from a family of puppet makers, but she
takes the art to a new level. Her final project for art school is a street
performance where she dances, acting as a marionette, attached by strings to a
giant puppet. So the puppeteer is actually the puppet! Brilliant!
