Meet & Contact

Contact at info (at) rflong (dot) com

Awards

The Spirit of Dedication Award For Best Author of Children’s Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2015 – The European Science Fiction Society

Finalist for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Fantasy Romantic Novel Award 2020

Longlisted for the BSFA award for best novel 2024

Locus 2024 Recommended Reading List

Conventions & Appearances

I’m always delighted to attend conventions, conference and other events and to arrange talks and readings.

Reconnect, Eastercon, Hilton Lanyon Place, Belfast, 18th-21st April 2025

A Fabulous Villain, Waterstones Covent Garden, with Sarah Rees Brennan, Taran Matharu, Tom Johnstone, Alexandra Beaumont and the British Fantasy Society – 29th April 2025

Romance Writing Festival, Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth, 18th October 2025 (Main Hall, 9.30am, Love & Magic)

World Fantasy Convention 2025, Metropole Hotel Brighton, 30th October – 2nd November 2025

Interviews & Guestposts

British Fantasy Society – Meet the Members – Ruth Frances Long

The Book of Gold, Writing.ie, 28th November, 2024

Writing Longhand, Writing.ie, 18th Novemebr, 2024

Planning a Heist, Writing.ie, 11th November, 2024

Behind the Bestseller with Sam Blake, 14th February, 2020

Bookline with Teresa Quinn, 1st October, 2017

YA, romance, fantasy: RF Long’s much maligned influences, Irish Times, 1st December 2016

Author Interview on The Books, The Art and Me, 28th November 2016

Interview in The Gloss – Writer’s Block

Writing Fantastical Worlds by Ruth Frances Long and E. R. Murray, Writing.ie

Interview on Sleeps With Monsters, Tor.com

Interview on The Books, The Art and Me

Writing Longhand by Ruth Frances Long, on Writing.ie 

Paranormal Roadtrip: Destination Dublin with Ruth Frances Long 12th January 2015

Skiffy and Fanty Podcast 235: Irish SF w/ Maura McHugh, Gareth Kavanagh, Michael Carroll, & Ruth Frances Long (The World SF Tour)”

Details Details on Writing.ie – 8th September 2014

YAPS interview – 24th September 2014

Podcast Interview with Skiffy and Fanty Show – 25th August 2013

Podcast Interview – Leeds Book Club (@AvidReader) – 5th December 2012

Itching for Books Blog Tour – lots of links relating to The Treachery of Beautiful Things including an Interview with me, another interview with me and one with Jack