Tom Harper
@tomharperauthor
Author of other people's misfortunes.
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http://www.tom-harper.co.uk 04-04-2011 09:15:18
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Very excited when I got an e-mail offer to direct a movie for a major studio. Then I realised they probably wanted فراشة الربيع.
I’ve cooked a lot of pizzas - but never actually made my own sausage to go on top. Until now. Jenius Social
To the man on the train who has the Test Match Special theme as his ringtone: you have brightened up my day.
GHOST FIRE, my latest collaboration with @wilbursmith, is out today in hardback from Zaffre Books. Go read!
Delighted to buy this today, can’t wait to read, The Courtney’s are one of my all time favourite series Wilbur Smith Tom Harper Zaffre Books
Nice to see Andrew Strauss getting a knighthood. My favourite ever cricketer. Never mentioned in the same breath as Michael Vaughan or Brearley, but won the Ashes home and away and captained England to No.1 in the world. So underrated - and still not replaced as opener.
Now I *really* feel like I’m on a research trip for my next collaboration with @wilbursmith. #adventurewriting Wilbur&NisoSmithFdn
Great to meet Christa Biyela 🇿🇦🦂🎗️🌈 and so many other local writers and readers yesterday Wilbur&NisoSmithFdn workshops in Eshowe. There is a lot of inspiration to be had here. #adventurewriting
It's today! Launching #Liberation into the lockdown. Escape into the amazing story of Nancy Wake in this 'fresh, original breathless thriller', support your local bookshops and wash your hands! It's what Nancy would do. Signed copies available from Goldsboro Books soon.
You can now read this v exciting Q&A with writer & Wilbur Smith collaborator Tom Harper up on our website, about his travels in South Africa running workshops & doing writerly research. Chasing waterfalls sounds epic! Thanks for sharing with us, Tom. ow.ly/O1FA50z4sIc
So sad to hear of the death of Wilbur Smith the weekend. Working with him over the last 6 years, and getting to live in the extraordinary worlds he created, was a dream come true. He was such a generous collaborator, a born storyteller and a brilliant writer.
Tom Harper, co-author of Tiger’s Prey, Ghost Fire and Storm Tide, met Wilbur in his home in Cape Town. We asked Tom what writing with the Master of Adventure was like. Here’s what he said👇 -Wilbur Smith’s office
STORM TIDE, my latest collaboration with Wilbur Smith, is out today in UK hardback and e-book. Bittersweet moment, that he isn't here to see it. But his stories and characters live on. @zaffrebooks
Just out on a run listening to an episode of #Scriptnotes podcast where Maker Hundred was talking through a scene from #Chernobyl. Came home, and the news was all about Gorbachev and explosions at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Plus ca change...