Ruth Frances Long


Ruth Frances Long, also known as R. F. Long and Jessica Thorne, is an Irish author who writes in the fantasy and romance genres. Her novel, The Stone's Heart by Jessica Thorne, has been nominated for the Romantic Novelists' Association Fantasy Romantic Novel award. Her new series has begun with Mageborn

Biography

Ruth Long is a Dublin-born writer of fantasy novels, novellas and short stories both for adults and in the young adult category. In university she completed an M.A. in English Literature having also studied the 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 The Queen's Wing and The Stone's Heart fantasy novels written under the pen-name Jessica Thorne.Long, as Thorne has signed contracts for a new series, beginning with Mageborn, which came out in February 2020.
Her novels and novella's as R.F.Long, The Scroll Thief, Soul Fire, The Wolf's Sister, The Wolf's Mate & The Wolf's Destiny, were all republished in 2019.
A Hollow in the Hills, the first sequel to A Crack in Everything, came out in September 2015. The final book in the trilogy, A Darkness at the End was released September 2016.

Awards

Short stories

;The Queen's Wing
;The Hollow King