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The only Tory on Bluesky, but that's why you love me.
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Lucy Andrew @lucyvandrew.bsky.social Crime writer and crime fiction scholar. Jane Austen enthusiast. Rep’d by Euan Thorneycroft at A M Heath. Debut novel #AVeryVexingMurder published in 2026 by Corvus (Atlantic Books) and William Morrow (HarperCollins). Website: https://www.lucyandrew.com/
Dr Gina van Raphael @aliagvr.bsky.social Political Anthropologist｜IR: Diplomacy, Authoritarian Rule｜ME Studies — Historiography, Ethnography, Tribe)｜US Policy Intersection | Non Exec Dir UKG | NRS
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social Associate Professor in IR at @swanseauni_ppir
Work on assassination, covert action, US foreign policy, secrecy. Host on the New Books Network. Author of The Brush Contact Substack.
The Ubergroup @theubergroup.bsky.social a 501(c)3 nonprofit providing low cost education for writers. Prose, poetry, stage, screen, nonfiction, journalism, comics, animation, podcasts, you name it. If it has a writer at any stage, we teach it.
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Drummer Girl Books @drummergirlbooks.bsky.social Thriller and Crime fiction with an anti-establishment edge.
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Chris Buijink @chrisbuijink.bsky.social Formerly Secretary-General Ministry of Economic Affairs NL; formerly Chair Dutch Banking Association; Chair Supervisory Board PwC Netherlands
Canelo Books @canelobooks.bsky.social Leading independent publisher of compelling and engaging reads.
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com Writer of YA novels Tuesdays are Just as Bad and Dead Teenager Movie.
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social Author and journalist. THE MISSION: The CIA in the 21st Century and LEGACY OF ASHES: The History of the CIA. https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-mission-tim-weiner?variant=43465484206114
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Anna Karjalainen @annakarjalainen.bsky.social British Swede 🇬🇧🍠 💙🌻 Yorkshire lass in West SE/ NO border. Studies in Post-Soviet Eurasia. Baltics, Central Asia. Independent Consultant. Uppsala University.
Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social Edinburgh. Newfoundland. Canada. Political Scientist. African Politics; Authoritarianism. Maybe some cycle campaigning. "low waffle threshold". Previously @srdorman and @afr_pol
sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social Washington Post National Security Reporter. Past features in Politico, Rolling Stone, Wired, Foreign Policy. Working on a book on the history of deep cover for Penguin-Random House.
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Steven B. Epstein @stevenbauthor.bsky.social Author of bestselling true crime books Deadly Heist, Murder on Birchleaf Drive, Evil at Lake Seminole, and Extreme Punishment StevenBEpstein.com #truecrime
Guido Eekhaut @eekhaut.bsky.social Writer of crime books and thrillers, speculative and fantastic fiction and the weird. Winner Hercule Poirot Award, and nominated for several others. Please no DM except professional offers.
@wfulford.bsky.social @wfulford.bsky.social Twitter refugee, lover of history, lifelong learning, fact-based discussions and respect for all human beings. Law, humor, government, sports, movies, thriller/spy novel and craft brew enthusiast. Double IU grad. Maybe kindness now is the real punk rock.
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Civilian Reader @civilianreader.com Reader of books (biblio-Sisyphus), listener of music, watcher of movies, drinker of coffee & wine. (Same handle on Insta.) I also like basketball. Basically just ricocheting my way through life.
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Michael East | True Crime Editor @michaeleastwriter.bsky.social Michael East is a writer and editor focused on crime, power, and the stories that connect them.
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Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian
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Rob Freeman @robfreeman74.bsky.social Sheffield, UK. Climbing, cycling, Green politics, loud music.
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social 🇬🇧 London-based. 🇺🇸/🇬🇧 dual citizen. CBRN expert. Freeman of the City of London. Liveryman. "Legal Juggernaut". Anglican. Ex Verger. Author. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Scourge of llamas. Former US Army. Former USSS. #NAFO Fella
Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Journalist @Guardian, #1 New York Times best-selling author, foreign correspondent. Latest book: "Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival", shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and Peterson Literary Prize. Agent: Susanna Lea
Peter Newman @pajnewman.bsky.social Writer, blogger, teacher, politico.
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Peter Johnston @peterajohnston.bsky.social Director, Narrative and Content at Imperial War Museums. Military historian, museum professional, and frequent explorer of museums, memorials and battlefields. All views here are mine alone
Ingo Malcher @ingomalcher.bsky.social Journalist DIE ZEIT
Jamie Garwood @nexttotheaisle.bsky.social Film, music, TV, books. Blog on it all
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Sverre Thomas Jahre @stjahre.bsky.social Norwegian civil servant. European. Slava Ukraini
Kelly Creighton @kellycrimebooks.bsky.social Northern Irish author. DI Harriet Sloane series, State of Fear, Souls Wax Fair, Unbecoming, The Bones of It, etc.
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Ian Black @balmachreuchie.bsky.social Ukraine = Europe.
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Richard Jerram @richardjerram.bsky.social The Makoto Murders out in July 2026 … CWA Debut Dagger 2024 winner … UEA Crime Fiction MA … rep’d by Lisa Moylett at CMM … PhD economist …
Ingrid van Amelsfort @ingridvanamelsfort.bsky.social Feminist bookworm. I love the Spanish language, cats, coffee and good conversations. Communications advisor with a background in Latin America Studies (University of Utrecht), journalism and critical discourse analysis.
Anthony Addis @anthonyaddis.bsky.social I used to write, read and live in Cairo, KL, Jakarta and Riyadh. Now I do all that in Lichfield while placating two Indonesian streetcats.
My novel 'Do Not Keep Silent' is available on Amazon.
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Dale Schenck @daleschenck.bsky.social AHI, TBI survivor.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
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At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social Co-host of “The Rest is Classified” podcast
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Host, #DogShirtTV
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Hans Gutbrod @hansgutbrod.bsky.social Interest in policy, think tanks, Caucasus, dogs, ethics. Teach at Ilia State University.
Simon Edmonds @sjsedmonds.bsky.social Full time carer. Retired ex Govt, Innovation, R&D, Industrial Policy, views all mine. Live in Dorset, happy place is Lohr am Main, Lower Franconia, rejoin EU. Bake sourdough. Walk a lot. Drink nice coffee. Garden a bit. Rescues plants. Grows veg.
David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social Former economist and civil servant. Former (age related) national cycling champion. Still a music fan. Sewn up member of the Zipper Club.
Morgan Williams @mountain-morgan.bsky.social Retired mountain ultra runner, turning to the bike. Always looking forward, because as Kilian Jornet likes to say: “My big moment is always tomorrow”. UTMB finisher. Bob Graham Club no. 371. Occasional writer for iRunFar.com.
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Carlton Boyce @motoringjourno.bsky.social Semi-retired woke liberal living in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social Michigan State Senate Majority Whip | Notre Dame ☘️ | Ray Wert’s ginger half | Noa's mom
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Mom0U812 @mom0u812.bsky.social DEMOCRAT 💙 fighting for our democracy in Florida ….in the trenches. I think the felon cheated.
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Surviving the DeSantis disaster +committed to removing him and Trump/Musk/GOP traitors
David Jolly should be our next gov in Fl!
@andjelko.bsky.social @andjelko.bsky.social Stepped away from the platform formally known as Twitter. Hoping for a less sewer like place here
Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Economic Advisor
to An Tánaiste (Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance)
PoliticsGirl @politicsgirl.bsky.social Immigrant. Citizen. Mouthy advocate. NYT bestseller of A RETURN TO COMMON SENSE. Official account💙
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M.G. Harris @mgharris.bsky.social Author of kid's and teen adventure/thriller books; latest YA series - 'The Mind Game'.
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Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social Presenter, Radio Four’s Front Row and Start the Week. 
Oksana Wenger @oksanawenger.bsky.social Writer - finally completed my debut novel 'Lighter In Water', longlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize. Translated my father's memoirs 'Winding Path' from Ukrainian to English, ESOL teacher, parkrunner, tea maker...
Penny Fielding @penfielding.bsky.social Edinburgh Literature Prof. Scottish writing, spy novels, cocktails, music.
Claire Archibald-Shepherd @pumpkinclaire.bsky.social I love steam engines, Tudor Queens, Cold War spies & lots in between. Drinker of gin. Owner of many dresses. Jam Tart, Belter, Gooner. I will always like pictures of cats.
Judith Knott @judithmknott.bsky.social Researching 19th-century German letters - when I’m not learning Estonian, knitting or playing piano.
FRSA, ex-civil servant and uni governor. (Pronoun tema.)
Preet Bharara @preetbharara.bsky.social Patriotic American. Former US Attorney, SDNY. Banned by Putin. Fired by Trump.
Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.social Best-selling author, film critic, and screenwriter. Award-winning scripts: Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood, Mary Reid, and La Famiglia. I love movies and my two golden retrievers.
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@marlabastine.bsky.social
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social A transatlantic podcast exploring the world of espionage, terrorism, geopolitics, and intrigue | Co-hosted by @chriscarrfilm.bsky.social and @mattfulton.net | linktr.ee/secretsandspies
Steve Hooker @stevehooker.bsky.social Retired enjoying his chess and bridge. Good walks, gardens and history. Liberal Democrat - European by heart ❤️#RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶 #ClimateEmergency #SaveDemocracy
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
Andrew Defty @adefty.bsky.social Associate Professor of Politics, University of Lincoln. Parliament, the intelligence services, a little bit of social policy.
Kate Mosse @katemossewriter.bsky.social Writer of novels, history, plays, ghost stories ~ Interviewer & Performer ~ Founder Director Women’s Prizes ~ Trustee British Library
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Susan MacTavish Best @susieskye.bsky.social I host salons. ✍️ 🪩🎶
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Carrie Classon @carrieclasson.bsky.social Carrie Classon is a nationally syndicated columnist, writer, and performer who champions the idea that it is never too late to reinvent oneself in unexpected and fulfilling ways. Her debut novel, Loon Point, will be released by Lake Union in February 2026.
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Keith Fitz @dannykeg.bsky.social Family man, European, retired, UK/NL, Green and Progressive. Inventor of Discontinuous Grooves.
“If there’s one thing that distinguishes a good watcher from a bad one, - said Jim - it’s the gentle art of doing damn all convincingly.”
John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere. Jimothy welcome here!
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Marc Polymeropoulos @mpolymer1.bsky.social Once upon a time worked at a 3 letter alphabet soup govt agency. TBI/PTS Survivor. MSNOW ntl security contributor. “Eyes On Geopolitics” pod. Leadership speaker. Obsessive RedSox fan. Heavy Metal aficionado. 🇺🇸🇬🇷
Intel Intel Magazine @intelintel.bsky.social Internet based E-Zine providing information, assessment, opinion and general fan-boy/fan-girl chatter (on semi-secure lines) on the topics of intelligence, espionage, a bit of politics, security and espionage related fiction (Movies, books and television).
Armand D’Angour @armanddangour.bsky.social Lover of words, player of music
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social He/Him. Writer. Historian. Host of "The Untitled History Podcast." Strategy streamer. Tech Strategist. Founding Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
Author M. I. Verras @miverr.bsky.social Renowned author, singer, pianist, music composer.
If not me, then no one else. Soon, you will know my name.
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Andy Lancelot 🏴🇪🇺 @andylancelot.bsky.social (Partially) retired nurse/psychotherapist exploring the world anew from the relative safety of a camper van 🚐
🌴 Ynys Môn, Cymru🏴🇪🇺
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Ellen marie @ellenmariewise.bsky.social NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR with Kensington publishing corp, THE LOST GIRLS OF WILLOWBROOK. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ellen-Marie-Wiseman/author/B0084VL3Z8?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true
Nicola Whyte @nixawhy.bsky.social Writer, reader, web developer, ex-bookseller. Pratchett fan. Lives near Stonehenge. Debut crime novel '10 Marchfield Square' out now. (She/Her)
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Sarah Bonner @sarahbonner.bsky.social Author / Book lover/ HOW TO SLAY AT WORK out now / She/her
Fleur Hitchcock @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social Author of crime for kids.
#KidnapatMidnight a Malory Towers Mystery out in September with Hachette
West Country UK
- she/her.
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