1. 21-23 September 2009: “Teaching Women’s Commercial Fiction”, a residential workshop run by Cornerstones Literary Consultancy
2. 10-11 April 2010: The Festival of Writing, University of York. I’ll be giving two workshops, one on creating character and one on writing chick lit, and will be taking one-on-one appointments to critique work. Book your place at http://festivalofwriting.com/.

Details of the workshops I offer are on my news page. If you’re interested in my giving a workshop or talk to your group, please send me an email.

 

Honey Trap has won first place in the single title category of Romance Writers’ Ink’s 2009 More Than Magic contest.

Driving Him Wild was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association 2008 Romance Prize

NINA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF GLOOM
coming March 2010

“Watch out for . . . what could be 2010’s funniest title. Julie Cohen’s Nina Jones and the Temple of Gloom sees a shoe-obsessed heroine lose everything as she is forced to live in a run-down gothic mansion.” —Chicklit Club

GIRL FROM MARS

Headline Little Black Dress, June 2009

“I loved, loved, loved Girl from Mars…definitely highly recommended and has to go into my “best of 2009″ reads.”My Favourite Books

“I, Philomena Desdemona Brown, do solemnly swear to forsake all romantic relationships. There. Do I really have to repeat it in Klingon?”

It’s not like the vow, made by Fil and her two nerdy best male friends so they’d always stick together, was a big deal at the time. Frankly, Fil wouldn’t know romance if it hit her in the face anyway. Her one true love is her job as the artist for the famous comic Girl from Mars. Just like the comic’s alien heroine, Fil’s never had or needed a love interest—just her best friends.

Until one of her friends breaks the vow and falls in love, bringing her smack back down to earth. Could it be that romance is in the stars for Fil after all?

For more details about these and other releases, see my books page.