Corey Long

Corey Long loves music. When he’s not listening to it, reading about it, writing about it, or playing guitar, he’s trying to be a good father to Clara and June and a good husband to Shannon.

Corey is proud to work at Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto, where, over a 17-year career, he has taught, developed curriculum and is currently the Executive Director, Office of the Vice-President, Academic and Students.

Come On, Baby, Just Rock, Rock, Rock! The Inspired Life and Enduring Legacy of Ritchie Valens is his second book. His first, Angela James: The First Superstar of Women’s Hockey, co-authored with Tom Bartsiokas in 2012, was selected for the American Library Association’s 2013 Amelia Bloomer Project.

Corey holds a master’s degree in media studies from the University of Oslo and an honors bachelor’s degree in communication from Lewis & Clark College. He grew up in Alliston, Ontario, and has lived in Detroit, Portland and Oslo. He now resides with his family in Newmarket, Ontario. And like Ritchie Valens, he is lefthanded.