Hope Loraine Cotter Writer & Poet

Hope Cotter is a writer and poet.  Her upcoming fiction book Thomas Mann's Lost Diaries will be published in 2027 through She Writes Press. Her personal essay "Because the Night Belongs to Mothers" won the top 20 Personal Essays by Reader's Digest in 2024. Her work has been included in WILDsound Writing Festival, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Moonstone Arts Center, Red Door Lit, Wingless Dreamer, Poets Choice's and other publications.  She is a graduate of New York University.  She lives in Hopewell, NJ with her three sons and Bengal cat Cheddar. She is working on a memoir. She loves the smell of old books and new ideas.   Follow on Instagram @hope.cotter

I strongly feel that life is about storytelling.  With every layer we tell, we can become more connected and stronger.  I have a keen observation of the human condition as a empath and specifically enjoy focusing on women, family and children.