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L.J. Cohen

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Born

in The United States

September 10

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http://www.ljcohen.net

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Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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September 2011

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LJ lives outside of Boston with her family and dogs. Her writing spans the gamut from poetry, essays, short stories, and novels. LJ has a secret love of reading and writing YA books.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 1,330 ratings · 209 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Derelict (Halcyone Space, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ithaka Rising (Halcyone Space, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreadnought and Shuttle (Halcyone Space, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parallax: Halcyone Space, book 4 by L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author), Chris Howard (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Karen Conlin (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Between (Changeling's Choice, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Future Tense 4.06 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Star in the Void (Halcyone Space #5) by L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author), Karen Conlin (Editor), Chris Howard (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pen-Ultimate: A Speculative Fiction Anthology by L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talib S. Hussain (Editor), K.J. Kabza (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time and Tithe (Changeling's Choice, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stranger Worlds Than These 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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10 years ago: a fire

A few days earlier, we had celebrated Thanksgiving with our cousin's family in NH. The fridge was still packed with leftovers. It was a Wednesday morning.

We were woken up by the smoke alarms. Mostly asleep, I thought it was Neil's accursed pager, which I had been successfully ignoring for decades. The boys assumed it was their alarm clock.

It was Neil who realized what was happening. He shoute

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Halcyone Space (5 books)
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L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author),

Karen Conlin (Editor),

Chris Howard (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.90 avg rating — 1,164 ratings

Changeling's Choice (2 books)
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L.J. Cohen (Goodreads Author)

4.15 avg rating — 92 ratings

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L.J. Cohen wrote a new blog post 10 years ago: a fire A few days earlier, we had celebrated Thanksgiving with our cousin's family in NH. The fridge was still packed with leftovers. It was a Wednesday m Read more of this blog post »
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L.J. Cohen liked Rick Wayne's review of A Star in the Void (Halcyone Space #5): "A fitting conclusion to the series! A rollicking spy story all the way through, vray. There is quite the ballet of character movements as the plot pulls us along at a steady pace -- active but not rushed -- all the way to the end, with just enough sus" Read more of this review »
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L.J. Cohen liked Barrie Davis's review of A Star in the Void (Halcyone Space #5): "Amazing,Brilliant idea for a new fresh storyline strong characters and new dropping technology a must read for all fans of world building sci-fi Can't wait for the next book "
Jun 18, 2018 02:08PM · see review
L.J. Cohen liked Ann Thomas's review of A Star in the Void (Halcyone Space #5): "What a wild ride! This series has so many twists and turns, I never got tired of it. The characters and their relationships and dilemma are so gripping, I bought one book after another to keep on reading. I was lucky enough to get a free copy of this" Read more of this review »
Jun 18, 2018 02:08PM · see review
L.J. Cohen made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Request: Can someone edit the description? topic " Olivia wrote: "fixed" Many thanks!!! Olivia wrote: "fixed" Many thanks!!! ...more "
Jun 07, 2018 02:49PM
L.J. Cohen answered Eivind's question: What is the best way to send you errata? Found what I reckon is a typo in Derelict. You might know about it already I guess. At one point it says: "She retreated back down the corridor, no longer hungry anymore." I think you probably meant either "no longer hungry" or alternatively "not hungry anymore". (loving the book so far!) Thanks for the catch! I'm often guilty of "Department of redundancy departments" errors! You can always email me: lisa@ljcohen.net And glad you are enjoying the story. :)
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L.J. Cohen made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please delete this book! (pt. 37) [Anyone requests; leave deletions for superlibrarians] topic " These two version of my latest book, DREADNOUGHT AND SHUTTLE were not added by me, and don't follow the goodreads convention of using periods for the ...more "
Jun 06, 2016 05:17PM
L.J. Cohen made a comment in the group SELF-e — Has anyone submitted to SELF-e? topic " Yes. My book, DERELICT was selected for the MA catalog. However, I'm not sure how to leverage that or promote it. ...more "
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“Ro counted to three, waiting for the station's tired AI to parse her request and decide to give her access. The round door irised in silence. Daedalus didn't even bother to acknowledge her. Wiggling her middle finger at the recessed ocular, she stepped through the opening into the central nexus. She needed to get as far away from her quarters and her father as she could despite the confines of the station.”
― L.J. Cohen, Derelict

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L.J.’s Quotes

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
― Winston S. Churchill

tags: hell, perseverance

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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

tags: art, poetry

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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