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Rory Power

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Rory Power grew up in New England, where she lives and works as a crime fiction editor and story consultant for TV adaptation. She received a Masters in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia.

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Rory Power Thanks for asking! The passage that jumped to mind unfortunately will not survive the next round of edits, but I'll share it anyway:

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Reese reaches do…more
Thanks for asking! The passage that jumped to mind unfortunately will not survive the next round of edits, but I'll share it anyway:

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Reese reaches down and scratches lightly at the patch of blood staining my jeans. “We could wash that out.”

“With what?”

She rolls her eyes and gestures to the ocean. “Behold, dumbass.”

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This is perhaps sliiiiiightly misleading in that most of the book is not very lighthearted, but I'm gonna miss this passage, so I figured I'd give it a last hurrah before it disappears from the draft.
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Rory Power Definitely something to do with music. I went to a conservatory when I was younger, and though I was never very good at composition or performance, mu…moreDefinitely something to do with music. I went to a conservatory when I was younger, and though I was never very good at composition or performance, music theory is still one of my favorite things to study.(less)
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“We don't get to choose what hurts us”
Rory Power, Wilder Girls

“I think I’d been looking for it all my life
a storm in my body to match the one in my head.”
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“She’s never liked us much, not since she complained that there were no boys on the island, and Reese gave her the blankest look I’ve ever seen and said, “Plenty of girls, though.”
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