Julia Laurel
@julialaurel.bsky.social
🖤 SFF/H author & graphic artist/illustrator
🌈 Writes about magic, autonomy and sympathetic monsters
✨ AN EMBODIMENT OF SOULS out Nov '26 (Union Square & Co)
Rep: Ernie Chiara @ Fuse Literary
julialaurel.com
🌲 Washington
🌈 Writes about magic, autonomy and sympathetic monsters
✨ AN EMBODIMENT OF SOULS out Nov '26 (Union Square & Co)
Rep: Ernie Chiara @ Fuse Literary
julialaurel.com
🌲 Washington
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I can’t express how excited I am to have been working on Frankenstein soundtrack. As I long time admirer of @realgdt.bsky.social works, to know that he personally championed me being selected for this project & he personally approved all the steps alongside @madebymutant.bsky.social & @netflix.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I can’t express how excited I am to have been working on Frankenstein soundtrack. As I long time admirer of @realgdt.bsky.social works, to know that he personally championed me being selected for this project & he personally approved all the steps alongside @madebymutant.bsky.social & @netflix.com
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Chris here, a freelance illustrator and character designer that loves dark fantasy, monsters, and folklore 🍄🌙
Publishing, games, TTRPGs - for any project that needs a funky organic touch, I'm available for work 👁️
🕸️ sutexii.art
✉️ chrisutexii@gmail.com
✦ #portfolioday #art
Publishing, games, TTRPGs - for any project that needs a funky organic touch, I'm available for work 👁️
🕸️ sutexii.art
✉️ chrisutexii@gmail.com
✦ #portfolioday #art
July 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Chris here, a freelance illustrator and character designer that loves dark fantasy, monsters, and folklore 🍄🌙
Publishing, games, TTRPGs - for any project that needs a funky organic touch, I'm available for work 👁️
🕸️ sutexii.art
✉️ chrisutexii@gmail.com
✦ #portfolioday #art
Publishing, games, TTRPGs - for any project that needs a funky organic touch, I'm available for work 👁️
🕸️ sutexii.art
✉️ chrisutexii@gmail.com
✦ #portfolioday #art
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Happy Book Birthday to my client @cassnewbould.bsky.social’s YA dystopian, CLIMATE OF CHAOS! Out now from Peachtree Teen!
The Hunger Games for the next generation, it’s a hard-hitting survival story set in a dystopian Seattle that explores the devastating effects of climate change and medical debt.
The Hunger Games for the next generation, it’s a hard-hitting survival story set in a dystopian Seattle that explores the devastating effects of climate change and medical debt.
![“Complex world building…largely conveyed through commendably natural character dialogue…rarely predictable and always engaging…[Fox] firmly establishes herself as the cane-wielding menace disabled readers deserve to see. This stellar series opener is a must-read for dystopian fans old and new.” —Booklist, starred review
“Newbould keeps readers guessing in this well-written future with storms, viruses, and people in safety—and others with none... Fans of James Dashner’s The Maze Runner and Lex Thomas’s Quarantine series will enjoy this adventure... A must-have for teen libraries and lovers of dystopian fiction.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“An exciting, high-stakes story offering relevant social commentary... the fast-paced, well-executed, suspense-driven plot will keep readers entertained.” —Kirkus Reviews
Featured in Paste’s “The YA Dystopia Comeback is Served with a Healthy Dose of Romance”
Featured in Reactor Mag’s “5 Books That Serve Serious Eat-the-Rich Energy”
CLIMATE OF CHAOS is in stores now!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g4xrnw7imfnbmall27quj5yp/bafkreicqmzwlrh3w6fyybpmqoefalqa7mji2i4b4jfq2amc2ucz6rkcisu@jpeg)
July 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Book Birthday to my client @cassnewbould.bsky.social’s YA dystopian, CLIMATE OF CHAOS! Out now from Peachtree Teen!
The Hunger Games for the next generation, it’s a hard-hitting survival story set in a dystopian Seattle that explores the devastating effects of climate change and medical debt.
The Hunger Games for the next generation, it’s a hard-hitting survival story set in a dystopian Seattle that explores the devastating effects of climate change and medical debt.
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I realise that reading vast amounts of fiction, and buying about three times more than even I can read, is neither a substitute for therapy nor a solution to everything out there. However, in my defence, just fucking *look* at everything out there.
July 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I realise that reading vast amounts of fiction, and buying about three times more than even I can read, is neither a substitute for therapy nor a solution to everything out there. However, in my defence, just fucking *look* at everything out there.
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Happy Pride Month! This year, LGBTQ Reads is partnering with @bookshop.org for a sale on over 100 books by LGBTQIA+ authors using code PRIDE25! bookshop.org/info/pride
June 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy Pride Month! This year, LGBTQ Reads is partnering with @bookshop.org for a sale on over 100 books by LGBTQIA+ authors using code PRIDE25! bookshop.org/info/pride
If you see this, post a monster
Here's my spooky grave creature :)
Here's my spooky grave creature :)
May 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you see this, post a monster
Here's my spooky grave creature :)
Here's my spooky grave creature :)
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Very excited about this one!
May 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Very excited about this one!
AN EMBODIMENT OF SOULS is coming in November 2026 from Union Square & Co. 🎉Beyond, beyond excited to be announcing this as my debut. It's dear to me, it's queer, and it's all about confronting purity culture & the patriarchy, and taking back your body and your magic 🖤🖤
May 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
AN EMBODIMENT OF SOULS is coming in November 2026 from Union Square & Co. 🎉Beyond, beyond excited to be announcing this as my debut. It's dear to me, it's queer, and it's all about confronting purity culture & the patriarchy, and taking back your body and your magic 🖤🖤
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Preorders are vital to authors, especially those building their readership. My disability makes it difficult to hold a job, so being an author helps me support my family. I appreciate every time someone orders CLIMATE OF CHAOS.
Barnes & Noble's 25% off sale runs today - 4/25 #BNPreorder
Barnes & Noble's 25% off sale runs today - 4/25 #BNPreorder
April 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Preorders are vital to authors, especially those building their readership. My disability makes it difficult to hold a job, so being an author helps me support my family. I appreciate every time someone orders CLIMATE OF CHAOS.
Barnes & Noble's 25% off sale runs today - 4/25 #BNPreorder
Barnes & Noble's 25% off sale runs today - 4/25 #BNPreorder
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
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HAPPY EARTH DAY. AND HAPPY RELEASE DAY! The spooky smuuut pamphlet is here. 40ish pages you can devour in one sitting.
Feast your eyes. 🖤
Cover art by @olyfrogg.bsky.social.
Typography by @julialaurel.bsky.social.
Feast your eyes. 🖤
Cover art by @olyfrogg.bsky.social.
Typography by @julialaurel.bsky.social.
April 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
HAPPY EARTH DAY. AND HAPPY RELEASE DAY! The spooky smuuut pamphlet is here. 40ish pages you can devour in one sitting.
Feast your eyes. 🖤
Cover art by @olyfrogg.bsky.social.
Typography by @julialaurel.bsky.social.
Feast your eyes. 🖤
Cover art by @olyfrogg.bsky.social.
Typography by @julialaurel.bsky.social.
Okay, I had fun with this 'read your color' quiz:
"I’m a Purple Reader.
🌀 Unconventional. 🧬 Visionary. ✨ Drawn to strange beauty, surreal twists, and radical ideas.
What kind of reader are you?"
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"I’m a Purple Reader.
🌀 Unconventional. 🧬 Visionary. ✨ Drawn to strange beauty, surreal twists, and radical ideas.
What kind of reader are you?"
readyourcolor.com
Read Your Color
readyourcolor.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Okay, I had fun with this 'read your color' quiz:
"I’m a Purple Reader.
🌀 Unconventional. 🧬 Visionary. ✨ Drawn to strange beauty, surreal twists, and radical ideas.
What kind of reader are you?"
readyourcolor.com
"I’m a Purple Reader.
🌀 Unconventional. 🧬 Visionary. ✨ Drawn to strange beauty, surreal twists, and radical ideas.
What kind of reader are you?"
readyourcolor.com
A deserved end to NaNoWriMo, but dang if I didn't get a tiny bit emotional logging onto the site to screenshot my projects that go all the way back to 2018 🥲
April 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A deserved end to NaNoWriMo, but dang if I didn't get a tiny bit emotional logging onto the site to screenshot my projects that go all the way back to 2018 🥲
A feast indeed!!! So excited I got to incorporate the typography for this gorgeous indie romance and its stunning cover🖤
FEAST YOUR EYES.
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for my next indie romance The Feast of Dead Man’s Hollow, which comes out April 22 (Earth Day)! I worked with two incredibly talented artists @olyfrogg.bsky.social (illustration) and Julia Laurel (typography) who captured the atmosphere completely 🖤
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for my next indie romance The Feast of Dead Man’s Hollow, which comes out April 22 (Earth Day)! I worked with two incredibly talented artists @olyfrogg.bsky.social (illustration) and Julia Laurel (typography) who captured the atmosphere completely 🖤
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A feast indeed!!! So excited I got to incorporate the typography for this gorgeous indie romance and its stunning cover🖤