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After studying theatre and film, Tor co-founded a dance-theatre company and spent most of her twenties directing, writing and performing. She taught drama for several years and choreographed an opera for The Royal College of Music. A Thousand Paper Birds is her first novel. She lives in London with her husband and two young children.

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hi I have read and reviewed A Thousand Paper BIrds and was wondering if you please have any more of your books I could read and review? many thanks Jennifer Moville

Tor Udall Hi Jennifer, thanks so much for taking the time to read and review Paper Birds. Much appreciated. I'm afraid I don't have any more books out at the mo…moreHi Jennifer, thanks so much for taking the time to read and review Paper Birds. Much appreciated. I'm afraid I don't have any more books out at the moment - but I have just completed the latest draft of Book 2 so watch this space! (less)

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Анна Павлова. are you still do thin? My son had about 8 years of classic dancing in a special - secondary school, but later became too fat due to medication. And I incourage him to do exercices, still... - I mean the cllassical one. And to choreograph for young pupils- as a volunteer in kindergarden. Do you think Dancing stays in your blood forver, for inst. in your writing - do you make it as a "plot"?

Tor Udall Hi Lily - lovely to hear about your son choreographing and dancing. I think it's such a wonderful form of expression. And yes, I do think dancing stay…moreHi Lily - lovely to hear about your son choreographing and dancing. I think it's such a wonderful form of expression. And yes, I do think dancing stays in your blood. I think it appears in my writing a lot - not so much in terms of plot - but I'm really focused on the rhythm of words and sentences , and those fragile moments between people that dance expresses so well. Thank you so much for getting in touch.(less)

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Tor’s Quotes

“Doesn't one always think of the past, in a garden with men and women lying under the trees? Aren't they one's past, all that remains of it, those men and women, those ghosts lying under the trees, ... one's happiness, one's reality?”
― Virginia Woolf, Monday or Tuesday

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“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
― Cesare Pavese

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“Written in pain, written in awe
By a puzzled man who questioned
What we were here for

- Oh! You Pretty Things”
― David Bowie

tags: bowie, music

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“Just when we are safest, there's a sunset touch,
A fancy from a flower-bell, someone's death,
...
The grand Perhaps!”
― Robert Browning

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“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson

tags: feathers, hope, inspirational, souls

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