Hayley Long

Hayley Long is an English author best known for her teen fiction. She is a recipient of the Tir na n-Og Award.

Long grew up in Felixstowe and studied English at Aberystwyth University before travelling abroad and then working in London, Cardiff and Norfolk as an English teacher.

Long began writing while living in Wales and had her first novels published by Welsh publishers Parthian and Accent Press.

She is the author of the teen fiction series, Lottie Biggs which has been translated into Greek, Danish, Norwegian and French. 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.

This was followed in May 2010 with Lottie Biggs Is Not Desperate which was longlisted for the Young Minds Book Award 2010. The final book in the trilogy is Lottie Biggs Is Not Tragic was released in August 2011.