Hayley Long
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Hayley Long is an English author of adult and teen fiction.
She studied English at Aberystwyth University
before travelling abroad and then working in London and Cardiff as an English teacher. Hayley now teaches English at Paston College
in Norfolk.
She began writing while living in Wales
and had her first novels published by Welsh publishers Parthian and Accent Press.
She now writes for Pan Macmillan and is the author of the new teen fiction series, Lottie Biggs which has been translated into Greek, Danish, Norwegian and French.
Lottie Biggs is Not Mad (July 2009) is the story of a fifteen year old girl from Cardiff who discovers that she ...has a mental disturbance of a reasonably significant nature. In 2010, this 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 tracks Lottie's increasingly hilarious attempts ...to have intimate knowledge with Gareth Stingecombe's personal regions- despite the fact that he just wants to play rugby. 'Lottie Biggs is Not Desperate' was longlisted for the Young Minds Book Award 2010. The final book in this trilogy is 'Lottie Biggs is Not Tragic' which was released in August 2011.
She is represented by Pollinger Literary Agency.
She studied English at Aberystwyth University
before travelling abroad and then working in London and Cardiff as an English teacher. Hayley now teaches English at Paston College
Paston College
thumb|right|Sketch of the original Paston buildingPaston Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in North Walsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom....
in Norfolk.
She began writing while living in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and had her first novels published by Welsh publishers Parthian and Accent Press.
She now writes for Pan Macmillan and is the author of the new teen fiction series, Lottie Biggs which has been translated into Greek, Danish, Norwegian and French.
Lottie Biggs is Not Mad (July 2009) is the story of a fifteen year old girl from Cardiff who discovers that she ...has a mental disturbance of a reasonably significant nature. In 2010, this was awarded the White Raven label for outstanding children's literature by the International Youth Library
International Youth Library
The International Youth Library is the largest library for international children's and youth literature in the world...
. This was followed in May 2010 with Lottie Biggs is Not Desperate which tracks Lottie's increasingly hilarious attempts ...to have intimate knowledge with Gareth Stingecombe's personal regions- despite the fact that he just wants to play rugby. 'Lottie Biggs is Not Desperate' was longlisted for the Young Minds Book Award 2010. The final book in this trilogy is 'Lottie Biggs is Not Tragic' which was released in August 2011.
She is represented by Pollinger Literary Agency.