Ruth Frances Long

Ruth Frances Long

Born	20 April 1971 Dublin, Ireland
Pen name	R.F. Long, Ruth Frances Long
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Irish
Genre	romance, fantasy, young adult, paranormal romance
Website
www.rflong.com

Ruth Frances Long, also known as R. F. Long, (20 April 1971) is an Irish author who writes in the fantasy and romance genres. She is the author of the young adult novel The Treachery of Beautiful Things and is working on a new YA series, set in Dublin and further afield and featuring Irish folklore, fairies, angels and demons.^[1]

Biography

Ruth Long is an Dublin-born writer of fantasy novels, novellas and short stories both for adults and in the young adult category. In university she completed an M.A. in English Literature having also studied the History of Religions and Celtic Civilisation. Long has always been interested in fantasy, romance and ancient mysteries. Along with writing, she is a librarian, working initially in the Co. Dublin library system. Long is now head librarian for a private specialized library of rare and unusual books.^[1] She currently lives in Wicklow. A Hollow in the Hills, the sequel to A Crack in Everything, is due out in September 2015.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Awards

Long won the Spirit of Dedication Award for 'Best Creator of Children's Science Fiction and Fantasy' for A Crack in Everything from the European Science Fiction Society (ESFS), announced at the 37th Annual European Science Fiction Convention (Eurocon 2015) in St. Petersburg, Russia.^[5]^[6]

Bibliography

R.F.Long

Short stories

Elements appeared in Flashing Swords' Summer Special (2008)
Carrying Keptara in the Hadley Rille Books Anthology Ruins Metropolis (2008)
The Wrecker's Daughter in the Fall issue of Ocean Magazine (2008)

Novellas

The Wolf's Sister (2008)
The Wolf's Mate (2009)
The Wolf's Destiny (2011)

Novels

The Scroll Thief (2009)
Soul Fire (2010)
Songs of the Wolf : Tales of the Holtlands (2010) – This is the collected version of the two novella's The Wolf's Sister and The Wolf's Mate