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'The Girl Who Fell from the Sky' (as published in the UK by Little, Brown and Company) or 'Trapeze' (as published in the US by Other Press) is a novel written by Simon Mawer, published in 2012. It is a historical novel about a woman during World War II whose ability to speak French and propensity for risk [http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2012/06/01/trapeze/ Messy, duplicitous, violent and so alluring], Baltimore Brew, June 1, 2012. attracts the attention of the Special Operations Executive and eventually leads her to be an agent operating in occupied Europe before she is even twenty years old. Mawer incorporates both fact and fiction in the telling of her story. The American title was chosen to avoid confusion with the 2010 novel by Heidi W. Durrow.

The book has been widely reviewed in a number of news sources in the UK (including 'The Guardian',[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/may/11/girl-fell-sky-simon-mawer-review The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Simon Mawer review], The Guardian (London), May 11, 2012. 'The Independent'[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-girl-who-feel-from-the-sky-by-simon-mawer-7717390.html The Girl Who Feel From the Sky, By Simon Mawer], The Independent (London), May 6, 2012. and 'The Telegraph'[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9272512/The-Girl-Who-Fell-From-The-Sky-by-Simon-Mawer-review.html The Girl Who Fell From The Sky by Simon Mawer: review], The Telegraph (London), May 21, 2012.) and USA[http://www.huntingtonnews.net/30569 'Trapeze': Young French-Speaking British Woman On Undercover Assignment in World War II German-Occupied France], Huntington News, April 30, 2012.[http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/books/trapeze-review-simon-mawer-s-focused-adventure-1.3811525 'Trapeze' review: Simon Mawer's focused adventure], Newsday (Long Island), June 28, 2012Royal Young, [http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/simon-mawer-trapeze/ Undercover, Between the covers: Simon Mawer on 'Trapeze'], Interview Magazine, May 1, 2012. (including the 'Washington Post').[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/trapeze-by-simon-mawer/2012/06/11/gJQAs5mbVV_story.html Trapeze, by Simon Mawer], Washington Post, June 11, 2012.

In June 2012, Mawer was the guest on a radio broadcast of the Diane Rehm Show, where he talked about his new book.[http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-06-12/simon-mawer-trapeze Simon Mawer: "Trapeze" ], Diane Rehm Show, June 12, 2012.

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