Richard C. Long

Describing himself as a "full-time dad and part-time writer", life-long railway enthusiast Richard Long was born in Hampshire in 1972 and has lived in East London for the past 25 years. A history graduate and former bookseller, he has written a number of books about railways in the south of England, including ‘The St Ives Branch Line: A History’ (shortlisted for a 2023 Holyer An Gof Publishers’ Award) and 'Upgrading the Isle of Wight's Railway' (winner of Non-Fiction Third Prize in the 2025 Isle of Wight Book Awards).