Hayley Long

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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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Background

Long 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

Long 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.

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  3. ↑ Pollinger Literary Agency "Pollinger Limited | Clients | Hayley Long". Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Men, music and a multitude of lists". 11 May 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Lottie Biggs n'est presque pas cinglée" [Lottie Biggs is almost not crazy] (in French). Archived from the original on 5 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "The white ravens". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  7. ↑ "YoungMinds Book Award 2010 — YoungMinds". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
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  10. ↑ "Seventh Essex Book Award Winner Announced". Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "The Costa Children's book award shortlist 2015 announced". TheGuardian.com . 17 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "New Hayley Long Novel Written In Code Acquired By Hot Key Books". Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "The Nearest Faraway Place".
  14. ↑ "East Anglian Book Awards - Writers' Centre Norwich". Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "Long scoops Welsh children's literature award | the Bookseller".
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