Finn Longman
@finnlongman.com
Author (THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy; THE WOLF AND HIS KING) and medievalist specialising in the Ulster Cycle. #1 fan of Láeg mac Ríangabra.
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📍Cambridge, UK
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https://finnlongman.com
🏳️🌈 they/them | siad/iad
📍Cambridge, UK
♿
https://finnlongman.com
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Finn Longman
@finnlongman.com
· Oct 15
Books
I write both YA and Adult fiction, with three books published and three forthcoming. You can find more information about most of my books on their dedicated pages — use the dropdown menu or c…
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Intro thread! I'm Finn, an author & medievalist. My books:
· THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy: a teenage assassin tries to live a normal life
· THE WOLF AND HIS KING (2025): a queer retelling of Bisclavret
· THE ANIMALS WE BECAME (2026): a queertrans take on Math fab Mathonwy
FinnLongman.com/books
· THE BUTTERFLY ASSASSIN trilogy: a teenage assassin tries to live a normal life
· THE WOLF AND HIS KING (2025): a queer retelling of Bisclavret
· THE ANIMALS WE BECAME (2026): a queertrans take on Math fab Mathonwy
FinnLongman.com/books
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That said, if you bought it from somewhere else and do feel like dropping a nice review on Amazon so that I can also reach unethical readers, I'd appreciate it 😆
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That said, if you bought it from somewhere else and do feel like dropping a nice review on Amazon so that I can also reach unethical readers, I'd appreciate it 😆
Book launch baking part 1 of... several is complete! Had to clean the entire kitchen first because while I bake for myself in squalor, I will not inflict my terrible habits on other people. One cake slightly exploded but the rest behaved themselves.
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Book launch baking part 1 of... several is complete! Had to clean the entire kitchen first because while I bake for myself in squalor, I will not inflict my terrible habits on other people. One cake slightly exploded but the rest behaved themselves.
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Did you know... you can get my brand-new book, out today, in hardback, for £12 from the Gollancz Emporium using the code BF40? (You'll get 40% off your entire order, so a great time to stock up on hardbacks...)
store.gollancz.co.uk/products/the...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Did you know... you can get my brand-new book, out today, in hardback, for £12 from the Gollancz Emporium using the code BF40? (You'll get 40% off your entire order, so a great time to stock up on hardbacks...)
store.gollancz.co.uk/products/the...
store.gollancz.co.uk/products/the...
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Completely without sarcasm: I love the grudging tone of this Tumblr tag. They simply can't resist any longer. "Oh, go on then, twist my arm, I'll have a queer werewolf book, I suppose. If you're having one."
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Completely without sarcasm: I love the grudging tone of this Tumblr tag. They simply can't resist any longer. "Oh, go on then, twist my arm, I'll have a queer werewolf book, I suppose. If you're having one."
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A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today!
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today!
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
Completely without sarcasm: I love the grudging tone of this Tumblr tag. They simply can't resist any longer. "Oh, go on then, twist my arm, I'll have a queer werewolf book, I suppose. If you're having one."
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Completely without sarcasm: I love the grudging tone of this Tumblr tag. They simply can't resist any longer. "Oh, go on then, twist my arm, I'll have a queer werewolf book, I suppose. If you're having one."
Did you know... you can get my brand-new book, out today, in hardback, for £12 from the Gollancz Emporium using the code BF40? (You'll get 40% off your entire order, so a great time to stock up on hardbacks...)
store.gollancz.co.uk/products/the...
store.gollancz.co.uk/products/the...
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Did you know... you can get my brand-new book, out today, in hardback, for £12 from the Gollancz Emporium using the code BF40? (You'll get 40% off your entire order, so a great time to stock up on hardbacks...)
store.gollancz.co.uk/products/the...
store.gollancz.co.uk/products/the...
Choosing to interpret the fact that my Amazon rankings haven't risen even a smidge today despite it being release day as a sign that I have extremely ethical readers who don't buy from Amazon, because that's the interpretation that makes me happiest.
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Choosing to interpret the fact that my Amazon rankings haven't risen even a smidge today despite it being release day as a sign that I have extremely ethical readers who don't buy from Amazon, because that's the interpretation that makes me happiest.
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The Wolf and His King by @finnlongman.com is out today, and we've already sold two!
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Wolf and His King by @finnlongman.com is out today, and we've already sold two!
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today!
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A little over six years since I began writing it, and probably about nine years since I started thinking about it, The Wolf and His King is out in the UK and Ireland today!
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
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I was excited by the premise and it pretty much wholly pulls it off. Beautifully written, too.
THE WOLF AND HIS KING, a retelling of Bisclavret focused on yearning, chronic illness feelings, and the mortifying ordeal of being known, comes out tomorrow! Which is to say, in about an hour! Or in two months if you live in North America, sorry.
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I was excited by the premise and it pretty much wholly pulls it off. Beautifully written, too.
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It's an excellent book. Read it.
THE WOLF AND HIS KING, a retelling of Bisclavret focused on yearning, chronic illness feelings, and the mortifying ordeal of being known, comes out tomorrow! Which is to say, in about an hour! Or in two months if you live in North America, sorry.
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It's an excellent book. Read it.
THE WOLF AND HIS KING, a retelling of Bisclavret focused on yearning, chronic illness feelings, and the mortifying ordeal of being known, comes out tomorrow! Which is to say, in about an hour! Or in two months if you live in North America, sorry.
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
THE WOLF AND HIS KING, a retelling of Bisclavret focused on yearning, chronic illness feelings, and the mortifying ordeal of being known, comes out tomorrow! Which is to say, in about an hour! Or in two months if you live in North America, sorry.
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
finnlongman.com/books/the-wo...
One thing I don't see discussed much about author finances is how the long timelines for payment mean it gets massively devalued by inflation. I got a 3-book deal in 2023 with payments in four parts. The last payment will be 2028 at earliest. But it won't be worth as much in 2028 as it was in 2023!
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
One thing I don't see discussed much about author finances is how the long timelines for payment mean it gets massively devalued by inflation. I got a 3-book deal in 2023 with payments in four parts. The last payment will be 2028 at earliest. But it won't be worth as much in 2028 as it was in 2023!
We've officially passed my minimum threshold for worrying about numbers, so I'm no longer concerned that it'll be half empty if a few people drop out!
Instead I'm worried that there won't be enough cakes, because I only have a finite number of toppers. I'll make some plain ones as well I suppose.
Instead I'm worried that there won't be enough cakes, because I only have a finite number of toppers. I'll make some plain ones as well I suppose.
The mortifying ordeal of trying to get people to RSVP to your book launch is hitting hard today 😅 I know a lot of people leave it to the last minute to confirm, but I do actually need to know how many cakes and books we need!
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We've officially passed my minimum threshold for worrying about numbers, so I'm no longer concerned that it'll be half empty if a few people drop out!
Instead I'm worried that there won't be enough cakes, because I only have a finite number of toppers. I'll make some plain ones as well I suppose.
Instead I'm worried that there won't be enough cakes, because I only have a finite number of toppers. I'll make some plain ones as well I suppose.
This review might be MY newest favourite thing... perhaps I shall stick it on my wall
Out this week in the UK & January in the US, 🐺 THE WOLF AND HIS KING👑 by @finnlongman.com is my newest favorite thing and you need to read it!
🐺🦽 lycanthropy as a metaphor for chronic illness
✒️ 3rd person, 2nd person, VERSE
🏳️🌈 uncompicatedly queer
👑every bit as gorgeous as its cover
🐺🦽 lycanthropy as a metaphor for chronic illness
✒️ 3rd person, 2nd person, VERSE
🏳️🌈 uncompicatedly queer
👑every bit as gorgeous as its cover
Silken Symbolism: The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman
Retelling the poem Bisclavret, but making it queer and disabled and EVEN MORE AWESOME.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This review might be MY newest favourite thing... perhaps I shall stick it on my wall
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New level of the AI marketing spam emails: my (non-author) friends are now receiving them about my books?? Despite their names and email addresses being entirely unlike mine? Utterly mystifying.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New level of the AI marketing spam emails: my (non-author) friends are now receiving them about my books?? Despite their names and email addresses being entirely unlike mine? Utterly mystifying.
New level of the AI marketing spam emails: my (non-author) friends are now receiving them about my books?? Despite their names and email addresses being entirely unlike mine? Utterly mystifying.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New level of the AI marketing spam emails: my (non-author) friends are now receiving them about my books?? Despite their names and email addresses being entirely unlike mine? Utterly mystifying.
My former medieval French lecturer is doing the Q&A with me at my launch, so I gave her the book to read early. I've been SO nervous to know what she thinks -- but she loved it. I'm so relieved. Waiting to hear what colleagues and fellow medievalists would think of it has been very stressful!
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My former medieval French lecturer is doing the Q&A with me at my launch, so I gave her the book to read early. I've been SO nervous to know what she thinks -- but she loved it. I'm so relieved. Waiting to hear what colleagues and fellow medievalists would think of it has been very stressful!
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Somebody I co-wrote a blog with in 2013 and have basically not spoken to since accidentally added part of their schedule to the shared calendar that somehow still syncs with my old email address so. uh. Hope they're having a good time in Barcelona this week.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Somebody I co-wrote a blog with in 2013 and have basically not spoken to since accidentally added part of their schedule to the shared calendar that somehow still syncs with my old email address so. uh. Hope they're having a good time in Barcelona this week.
Somebody I co-wrote a blog with in 2013 and have basically not spoken to since accidentally added part of their schedule to the shared calendar that somehow still syncs with my old email address so. uh. Hope they're having a good time in Barcelona this week.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Somebody I co-wrote a blog with in 2013 and have basically not spoken to since accidentally added part of their schedule to the shared calendar that somehow still syncs with my old email address so. uh. Hope they're having a good time in Barcelona this week.
Got called a poof by some teenagers today. Gen A are really bringing back the vintage slurs...
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Got called a poof by some teenagers today. Gen A are really bringing back the vintage slurs...
Discovered this evening that there are three unopened bags of flour in my cupboard. One of them was dated 2020. Do you KNOW how many times I've moved house since 2020? There is absolutely no way that flour came with me through all of those moves. WHERE did it come from
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Discovered this evening that there are three unopened bags of flour in my cupboard. One of them was dated 2020. Do you KNOW how many times I've moved house since 2020? There is absolutely no way that flour came with me through all of those moves. WHERE did it come from
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3. Watching the waves turn to silver as the sun goes down.
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
3. Watching the waves turn to silver as the sun goes down.
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How your email finds me:
November 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM
How your email finds me: