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Julie (Mae) Cohen

@juliecohen.bsky.social
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Author. Immigrant. Queer. Owned by dog. PhD student University of Reading. Usually pissed off, but like in a funny way. Latest novels: BODY COUNT (UK), PARADISE (UK), EAT SLAY LOVE (US). Next novel: THE BEST OF ENEMIES

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Mark Stay @markstay.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Working on a second draft and taking note of some evergreen advice I heard from @juliecohen.bsky.social at a conference, and was recently reminded of by @jeevanicharika.bsky.social (and I’m paraphrasing: it might be “go deeper”, but the sentiment is the same).
Handwritten on a sticker: “Don’t write more… dig deeper!”
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
My new funny, bloody, revenge thriller THE BEST OF ENEMIES is out on 20 August. Gwen has a list of enemies…and someone’s killing them, one by one. The police think Gwen’s involved, but she’s terrified—especially as her newly-rebellious daughter might be next. Pre-order here: geni.us/best-of-enem...
Yellow book cover on blue background. Cover features illustration of two ravens tugging at a bloody thread
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Well, I’m in Maine.
A lake in Maine, surrounded by mountains, in a hazy sunset
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Update: thesis draft has been sent! I might have resorted to affogato
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Fam, I have TWO DAYS to finish this draft of my PhD thesis. Send coffee
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Bad Hair Day Kitten & Morning Coffee
Alt: Bad Hair Day Kitten & Morning Coffee
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Spot the dog
A white, brown and black dog hiding among bushes near a river
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I walk past this tree every morning and never noticed until today that it was giving me a Cheshire Cat grin.
A tree with a grinning face on its trunk
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Deborah Timms @deborahtimms.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ten years since the massacre at Pulse Nightclub…so many precious souls. 😢
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
On the Costa Blanca, appreciating some classic art
Julie takes a selfie next to some graffiti of a male reproductive organ
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
My neighbours have invested in a cat buggy and now I want everyone to have a cat buggy
A cat buggy containing two magnificent ginger cats riding around like the kings they are
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride Month from your favourite pansexual auntie! If you’re looking for some queer books to read this month, may I humbly suggest one of these 🏳️‍🌈 uk.bookshop.org/beta-search?...
Spirited by Julie CohenThe two lives of Louis and Louise by Julie CohenSome people by Julie CohenParadise by Julie Cohen
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I grew this potato. We will feast tonight!
A picture of my finger, pointing to a potato which is roughly the size of my fingernail
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Trans people will be left with a choice between researching toilet provision every time we go out… our worlds will get smaller, and so many trans people who enrich our communities will self-exclude, leaving everyone worse off.” Lawmakers must end the legal limbo undermining trans lives in the UK.
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Trans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rights | Alexandra Parmar-Yee
Hard-won, vital legal protections have been upended – ultimately our lawmakers must fix this, says director of Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, Alexandra Parmar-Yee
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I’m reading the proofs for my next novel and actually it is very enjoyable. It’s called THE BEST OF ENEMIES, it’s about a woman trying to stop a killer who’s murdering her enemies in strangely apt ways, and it’s out in August. And it keeps making me laugh because my heroine is such a massive nerd
Photo of my laptop with the cover page for the best of enemies on it
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Well my dog has joined the neighbours’ party again
A very happy dog sits next to a group of people at a barbecue
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I just saw a squirrel messing around in my tomato plants. He dug several holes and came up with a POTATO. A whole little potato. He wasn’t digging in my potatoes Do I have a magic squirrel
A picture of a small potato with tiny bites taken out of it
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Photo 1: my harvest of spring onions that I grew from the cut ends of supermarket spring onions Photo 2: spring onion fritters First meal from the garden this year!
Spring onions (in the US we call them scallions)A plate with fritters, yogurt dip, homemade hummus, homemade tortilla chips, tapenade and a cucumber and radish salad
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
To my shame, I called this guy Mr Fett. (Kindly, he didn’t correct me.)
Julie and a Mandalorian who is NOT Boba Fett
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Reading a book for my PhD. It’s enjoyable and interesting but I’m thinking not relevant for my thesis. I have so much other reading to do that I keep on wondering if I should quit and pick up another book instead. In the end, I decide to finish it. And…
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I’m so happy that Lidl is catering for us bisexuals with low standards
A display with cleaning sponges called ‘scrub mommy’ and ‘scrub daddy’
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I’m an immigrant to the UK and everyone who voted Reform has basically told me to go f*ck off. So thanks for that.
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The AI spam book marketing emails are really ramping up. I used to get one a day, now I’m getting five or six, offering to promote every book I have ever written and several that I haven’t, including books that have been out of print for five years
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Pat Butcher-inspired red carpet looks, a thread.
Pat Butcher in dark pink satin trench coat and matching lippy and earringsActor Simone Ashley in a dark pink satin Thierry Mugler dress
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
In a SHOCKING TWIST THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING I will be teaching sessions on how to plot your novel at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival this July. harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/event/creati...
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Creative Thursday | Harrogate International Festivals
Book tickets for Creative Thursday with Harrogate International Festivals online today!
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Entering my slutty little glasses era
Julie wearing a pair of slutty little glasses
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
EAT SLAY LOVE is 99p on Kindle… The story of three women with nothing in common, except for the man they’ve got tied up in the basement.
Cover of Eat slay love
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Spent a lovely afternoon in the Med with Katy Brent. Except it was in Basingstoke.
Blue blue sky, with Katy and Julie in sunglasses
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Apparently it is National Bubble Tea Day, and one is obliged to celebrate.
A cup of milk tea with tapioca from Neko Tea, Reading
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Yesterday @meandmybigmouth.bsky.social told me I must get back to Bluesky, so here I am. With my dog
Meg the dog sits on a jetty near a river
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This is such a fabulous class and what amazing guests! Join us!
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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Last chance to apply for Writing Romance – Advanced! 💖 Learn from @juliecohen.bsky.social and join a masterclass with romance author Rachel Wood and Publishing Director at @zaffrebooks.bsky.social Melissa Cox. 💌 Applications close this weekend: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Not long left to join award-winning author @juliecohen.bsky.social on our nine-week course: Writing Romance – Advanced! Learn to write... 💘 A heart-warming novel 💘 Characters to fall in love with 💘 A page-turning plot Applications close this weekend: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...
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Curtis Brown Creative @cbcreative.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Join award-winning author @juliecohen.bsky.social on our nine-week Zoom course: Writing Romance – Advanced Learn to write... 💘 A heart-warming novel with emotional depth 💘 Characters to fall in love with 💘 A page-turning plot 💌 Apply now:
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Writing Romance – Advanced | Online Course | Curtis Brown Creative
Learn how to take readers on an emotional journey and write an uplifting novel with characters your readers will invest in. This nine-week online course comprises interactive Zoom teaching, workshops…
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
When life gives you wild garlic, make wild garlic salt
Two trays of green saltGreen salt. You can’t smell it, but it smells strongly of garlic.
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Meg and I took a trip to @bertsbooks.bsky.social in Swindon to sign copies of BODY COUNT. Meg was most interested in following Michael around to make sure he was shelving books correctly, but she took a moment to do a publicity shot with Bert. She is such a pro. @zaffrebooks.bsky.social
Two photos of Bert the man and Meg the dog smiling next to signed copies of my novel Body Count
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Almost 10,000 authors have come together to publish an empty book protesting the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models. Titled Don’t Steal This Book, it is empty of text except the names of the authors involved.. 🧵
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TheAfterwords @theafterwords.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
UK #DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because BODY COUNT @juliecohen.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle UK until the end of the month! amzn.to/47rxjob #BodyCount #ad #amazonuk
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Body Count: The new revenge thriller from the bestselling author of BAD MEN
Serial killer Saffy Huntley-Oliver's life is going great.
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
stoptrump.org.uk/mp-trumps-war/
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Write to your MP: Stay out of Trump’s war
Stop Trump Coalition
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I gave in the first half of my PhD thesis draft yesterday and today I am checking my email every five minutes like a hyperactive Muppet.
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a close up of a cartoon character with a big smile on his face
Alt: a close up of a Muppet character with a big smile on his face as he jogs manically
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
FUCK YEAH PUT EM IN JAIL
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Home decor question: Should I paint over the caulking between my tiles and the wall?
Picture of caulking between tiles and wall
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I FINISHED MY REVISIONS which means that this weekend I can PAINT MY KITCHEN in between writing to my elected representatives for the 3000th time (PS f*ck 🧊)
Photo of my kitchen window where I’ve tried a light plaster pink paint sample
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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Tell me again how nobody cares about theatre, how the arts are elitist, how Shakespeare belongs in the past…
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I identified 20 different bird species on my walk today 🐦 🦢 🦆🐦‍⬛🪿
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
🖕🧊
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Oh hey if you want to read a book about a woman killing terrible terrible men whilst wearing amazing shoes, my novel BAD MEN is currently 99p on Kindle for today only www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0C1...
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Bad Men: The serial killer you've been waiting for, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick eBook : Cohen, Julie Mae: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Bad Men: The serial killer you've been waiting for, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick eBook : Cohen, Julie Mae: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is the face of a dog who knows that I made friends with a cat this weekend
A white and brown fluffy dog lies on her side with her eye wide open, seemingly in surprise and disgust
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Have I reached Peak Sapphic
A WhatsApp message saying I’m heading to IKEA babe, do you need anything?
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Julie (Mae) Cohen @juliecohen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In December, I helped my elderly parents move to a friendly 55+ community in southern Maine. Today, fucking ICE turned up and arrested the construction workers.
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