Ruth Frances Long
Ruth Frances Long, also known as R. F. Long and Jessica Thorne, (20 April 1971) is an Irish author who writes in the fantasy and romance genres. Her novel, The Stone's Heart by Jessica Thorne, has been nominated for the Romantic Novelists' Association Fantasy Romantic Novel award. Her new series has begun with Mageborn[1][2][3]
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| Born | 20 April 1971 Dublin, Ireland |
| Pen name | R.F. Long, Ruth Frances Long, Jessica Thorne |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Genre | romance, fantasy, young adult, paranormal romance |
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Biography
Ruth Long is a 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 County Dublin library system. Long is now head librarian for a private specialized library of rare and unusual books.[1] She currently lives in Wicklow.
Long signed with digital publisher Bookouture for the publication of The Queen's Wing and The Stone's Heart fantasy novels written under the pen-name Jessica Thorne.[4][5] Long, as Thorne has signed contracts for a new series, beginning with Mageborn, which came out in February 2020.[2]
Her novels and novella's as R.F.Long, The Scroll Thief, Soul Fire, The Wolf's Sister, The Wolf's Mate & The Wolf's Destiny, were all republished in 2019.[6]
A Hollow in the Hills, the first sequel to A Crack in Everything, came out in September 2015. The final book in the trilogy, A Darkness at the End was released September 2016.[7][8][9]
Awards
- In 2015 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.[9][10]
Bibliography
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
Ruth Frances Long
- The Treachery of Beautiful Things (2012)
- A Crack in Everything (2014)
- A Hollow in the Hills (2015)
- A Darkness at the End (2016)
Jessica Thorne
- The Queen's Wing
- The Queen's Wing (November 2018)
- The Stone's Heart (February 2019)
- The Hollow King
- Mageborn (February 2020)
- Nightborn due May 2020.
References
- "Official Website". Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- "Bookouture re-sign contracts with Kate Hewitt and Jessica Thorne". Bookouture. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "RNA". RNA. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- "Bookouture Signs Commercial Fantasy Novels from Author Jessica Thorne - Bookouture". Bookouture.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- "Jessica Thorne". Rflong.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- Long, R.F. (2019). The Wolf's Sister: A Tale of the Holtlands, Book One. Tale of the Holtlands. Independently Published. ISBN 978-1-0907-0558-7. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- http://www.rflong.com/2014/12/22/going-dark/
- https://www.goodreads.com/questions/12080-what-are-you-currently-working-on
- "Book Trade". Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- "Writer awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
Further reading
Claire Hennessy (1 December 2016). "YA, romance, fantasy: RF Long's much maligned influences". Irish Times. Retrieved 1 December 2016.