Ruth Frances Long

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Irish fantasy and romance writer

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, was nominated for the Romantic Novelists' *ociation Fantasy Romantic Novel award. Her latest series the Hollow King has begun with Mageborn.

1 Biography
2 Awards
3 Bibliography
- 3.1 R.F. Long
  - 3.1.1 Short stories
  - 3.1.2 Novellas
  - 3.1.3 Novels
- 3.2 Ruth Frances Long
- 3.3 Jessica Thorne
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links

Biography

Ruth Long is a Dublin-born writer of fantasy novels, novellas and short stories both for adults and young adults. She completed a M.A. in English Literature and also studied 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. She currently lives in Wicklow.

Long signed with digital publisher Bookouture for the publication of fantasy novels The Queen's Wing and The Stone's Heart written under the pen name Jessica Thorne. Long, as Thorne, began the series the Hollow King in February of 2020 beginning with Mageborn.

Her novels and novellas as R.F. Long, The Scroll Thief, Soul Fire, The Wolf's Sister, The Wolf's Mate & The Wolf's Destiny, were republished in 2019.

A Hollow in the Hills, the first sequel to A Crack in Everything, was published in September 2015. The final book in the trilogy, A Darkness at the End, was released September 2016.

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.

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) (collection of the novellas The Wolf's Sister and The Wolf's Mate)