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Julie (Mae) Cohen
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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) and EAT SLAY LOVE (US). Next novel: PARADISE (Nov ‘25)
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I have a story in this week’s My Weekly magazine. It is a prequel to my novel EAT SLAY LOVE and it details the exploits of Godzilla the hamster. The illustration is epic, 10 out of 10, could not ask for better.
Photo of a short story with the title the flatmate from how, and an illustration of a big fluffy very cute hamster Credit text for the story which is a picture of me and a plug for my latest novel, body count Cover of this week’s my weekly Magazine, featuring Twiggy! Yay!
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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The only way Meg can get through the fireworks is to have her own personal speaker playing white noise and/or opera music on a loop
A fluffy collie/terrier mix dog lying on a sofa surrounded by cushions with a red Bluetooth speaker right in front of her A fluffy collie/terrier mixed dog lying on a patterned rug in front of a red Bluetooth speaker, which happens to be sitting on Hallie Rubenhold’s new book story of a murder and also my new novel body count
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Oh @bertsbooks.bsky.social never change
A copy of Carrie by Stephen King, wrapped in a lavender satin ribbon tied with a bow
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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So far, I have probably harvested 2.5 kilos (5 lbs) of olives off my olive tree this year. Today, I was out in my garden on a ladder, with a sheet under the tree, pulling down olives with a rake. This is in England!!! Insane. They’re in brine and will be ready to eat in a few months. 🫒
A green bowl full of green and black olives Six jars full of green olives, black olives, and green and black olives
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Currently reading 👻
A hardback copy of chasing the dark, encounters with the supernatural by Ben Machell. In the background is my very fluffy dog.
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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My trampoline exercise class had a Halloween special tonight. So I dressed like a bunny.
Julie wears a long blonde wig, bunny ears, a bow tie and a black strappy top. She also is wearing a metric shit ton of makeup. Not pictured: fishnet tights and fluffy tail. Despite appearances Julie is a feminist and feels that the Playboy paradigm catered to the male gaze and promoted misogyny to the detriment of many real-life women, even those who profited financially from their involvement in the brand
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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This wood pigeon has been hanging out in my garden quite frequently, and I learned yesterday that it had been raised from a chick by one of my neighbours.
A light grey wood pigeon perches on a decorative railing in my garden
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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I think she wants something
Very close-up of my dogs face, showing only one eye. You can see that she has beautiful black eyeliner.
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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I have a brand new novel coming out next month: an emotional story of memory, friendship, family, love, queerness and home. PARADISE is out 20 November with Orion Books and available to request on Netgalley now

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Book cover of Paradise, by Julie Cohen. It’s a photograph of a New England lake at sunset, with two white Adirondack chairs looking out over the lake which is coloured pink and purple the shout line: how can they have a future if only one of them remembers the past?
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Well I guess it’s official…I’m on the Centre for Book Cultures & Publishing website as a PhD student!

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PhD project: together: a case study and differing views of genre in writing and publishing commercial fiction. Supervisors Professor Peter Robinson Professor Nicola Wilson Julie is undertaking a PhD by published works in creative writing at the university of Reading. She will be submitting her 2017 novel together, a commercial/literary crossover our relationship novel, and examining how different understandings of genre the market and female readers affected the composition and themes of the novel, two publishers receptions to it, and it’s publishing journey within the context of women’s fiction being published at the same time. She is the author of 30 published novels and is an experienced teacher of creative writing. She gained her BA with honours in English literature from brown university in Cambridge University, and her MPhl English literature from the university of Reading
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Guten tag! Finished copies of BAD MEN from Heyne in German. Good to see that Saffy is badass af auf Deutsch.
Bright green paperback copies of Bad Men in German translation
October 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Evening. Chez Castillon.
A turquoise pool reflecting the evening light from an 18th century French townhouse. On the patio are writers talking, and a dog
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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My alarm clock this morning here in France
A big window in an old house. Between the shutter and the pane is a pigeon. He is very noisy and his name is Pascale
October 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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My dog says hi
A white, tan and black collie/jack russell mix lies on a bed looking up with her black-lined brown eyes
October 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Olives harvested from my tree, to be brined and enjoyed with a martini in the spring
Green olives in a blue bowl
October 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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The moment when Katy Brent and I had a staring contest onstage at this weekend’s Tea Leaves & Reads festival
Two women staring at each other, mics in hand, on a stage. It was a tie
September 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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One major benefit of being a student again is being able to write my novel in the library.
An open laptop next to a cup of coffee on a desk in a big library
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This happened yesterday!
A postgraduate campus card from the University of Reading with my name and photograph
September 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Well I dropped The Kid and his orange skull at university this weekend. It’s just me and the dog now
Decoration in my kid’s university bedroom. It’s an orange transparent skull that we got in the catacombs in Paris
September 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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I saw BAD MEN for sale in TK MAXX!! Does this mean I have made it? @zaffrebooks.bsky.social
That shelf near the checkout at TK Maxx where they put all sorts of random things, with copies of my book Bad Men Copies of my book Bad Men next to Pride & Prejudice and Wicked
September 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Made pickles.
Three jars of homemade courgette pickles, pickled in apple cider vinegar and sugar with mustard and turmeric
September 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Just finishing up The Old Woman With The Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo
Purple and red book cover with a black silhouette of a old woman reflected in a red knife
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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I was supposed to give blood today but my appointment was cancelled so now I’m just sitting around wondering what to do with all this extra blood
Header for an email from NHS blood and transplant saying ‘we are sorry to inform you…’
September 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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We marched in Reading #Pride and Meg joined the brass band as a singer
Three members of a brass band, dressed in red, play their instruments. Meg the dog, a white, brown and black collie/jack Russell mix, barks along. They were performing YMCA by the Village People
August 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Deanna Troy asking ‘Computer, why are men?’
August 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM