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Rhiannon Thomas (Ree-ANN-un)  is an English Lit grad from Princeton University, and an author best known for her work Long May She Reign. She currently lives in York, England, in the shadow of a 13th century Gothic cathedral. Along with being an up and coming YA author, she also runs a blog called Feminist Fiction, where she writes about feminism and the media. Thomas, though new to the world of writing, has already published three novels for young adults which have gained quite a lot of success and critical acclaim. Her debut novel in YA fiction, was the book A Wicked Thing (2015), the first in a series of two books. The novel is a retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty from a different perspective with a little plot twist, and it's sequel Kingdom Of Ashes (2016) combines adventure, magic, and romance for a sweeping fantasy about one girl’s journey to fulfill her destiny. The two books were met with praise from several other authors, however did not become famous worldwide. Her latest novel, Long May She Reign (2017) has garnered the most fame and critical acclaim among her novels.

Born in York, New England, Thomas was raised in Britain, but moved to the United States at the age 19 to go to University. She moved back to England after she finished her higher education. She started her blog Feminist Fiction in the year 2012. She claims to be an avid reader and says the author's that truly inspired her to first submit her draft to the publishing companies were Libba Bray, Jandy Nelson, and Tamora Pierce. Also, the success of authors like Jane Austen, George Eliot, George RR Martin and Robin Hobb led her to realising she wanted to be an author and go professional with her writing. She first sent the draft to her debut novel in the November of 2014. She says one of the most interesting and inspiring books she's ever read is The Last Unicorn written by Peter S .Beagle.

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Rhiannon is a welsh name originating in the middle 18th century derived from the old Celtic name Rigantona meaning "great queen". It is speculated that this was the name of an otherwise unattested Celtic goddess of fertility and the moon. The name Rhiannon appears later in Welsh legend in the Mabinogion, borne by the wife of Pwyll and the mother of Pryderi.