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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.
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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.
Hayley 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]
Hayley 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, Hayley 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).
Hayley's latest novel is The Nearest Faraway Place (2017, Hot Key Books). [13] With this title, Hayley 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.
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