Hayley Long (born 1971) is an English author best known for her teen fiction. She is a recipient of the Tir na n-Og Award.
Background
editLong grew up in Felixstowe[1] and studied English at Aberystwyth University[2] before travelling abroad and then working in London, Cardiff and Norfolk as an English teacher.[3]
Writing
editLong began writing while living in Wales and had her first novels published by Welsh publishers Parthian and Accent Press.[4]
She is the author of the teen fiction series, Lottie Biggs which has been translated into Greek, Danish, Norwegian and French.[5] The first book in the series, 'Lottie Biggs Is Not Mad' (Macmillan, July 2009)was awarded the White Raven label for outstanding children's literature by the International Youth Library.[6] This was followed in May 2010 with Lottie Biggs Is Not Desperate which was longlisted for the Young Minds Book Award 2010.[7] The final book in the trilogy is Lottie Biggs Is Not Tragic was released in August 2011.
In 2012, Long was shortlisted for the Queen of Teen Awards.[8]
What's Up With Jody Barton? was published in May 2012. It was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Book Award[9] and was the winner of the seventh annual Essex Book Award in March 2013.[10] Downside Up was published in July 2013.
Her novel Sophie Someone (2015, Hot Key Books) was shortlisted for the 2015 Costa Book Award for Children's Book.[11][12]
She is also the author of a non-fiction text called Being a Girl (2015, Hot Key Books).
Long's latest novel is The Nearest Faraway Place (2017, Hot Key Books).[13] With this title, Long won the Mal Peet Children's Award when it was named as the winner of the children's category in the 2017 East Anglian Book Awards.[14]
In May 2018, Hayley won the 2018 Tir na n-Og award.[15] This prize, organised by the Welsh Books Council, promotes English-language children's books with an authentic Welsh background.
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- Fire and Water (2004, Parthian)
- Kilburn Hoodoo (2006, Parthian)
- Vinyl Demand (2008, Accent Press) for the Quick Reads Initiative
- Lottie Biggs Is Not Mad (2009 Pan Macmillan)
- Lottie Biggs Is Not Desperate (2010 Pan Macmillan)
- Lottie Biggs Is Not Tragic (2011 Pan Macmillan)
- What's Up With Jody Barton? (2012 Pan Macmillan)
- Downside Up (2013 Pan Macmillan)
- Sophie Someone (2015, Hot Key Books)
- The Nearest Faraway Place (2017, Hot Key Books)
Non-fiction
edit- Being a Girl (2015, Hot Key Books)
Other Published Work
edit- The Library of Wales Education Resource Pack (2006, Parthian)
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "About Me". Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ Unknown[permanent dead link]
- ^ Pollinger Literary Agency "Pollinger Limited | Clients | Hayley Long". Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
- ^ "Men, music and a multitude of lists". 11 May 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
- ^ "Lottie Biggs n'est presque pas cinglée" [Lottie Biggs is almost not crazy] (in French). Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.
- ^ "The white ravens". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ "YoungMinds Book Award 2010 — YoungMinds". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ "DJ Pool Records - for Professionals". Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ "Home". costabookawards.com.
- ^ "Seventh Essex Book Award Winner Announced". Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
- ^ "The Costa Children's book award shortlist 2015 announced". TheGuardian.com. 17 November 2015.
- ^ "New Hayley Long Novel Written In Code Acquired By Hot Key Books". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "The Nearest Faraway Place".
- ^ "East Anglian Book Awards - Writers' Centre Norwich". Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Long scoops Welsh children's literature award | the Bookseller".