Current RSL Fellows
The Royal Society of Literature has some 500 Fellows. They include the very best novelists, short-story writers, poets, playwrights, biographers, historians, travel writers, literary critics and scriptwriters at work today.
A
- Peter Ackroyd 1984
- Richard Adams 1975
- Donald Adamson 1983
- Fleur Adcock 1984
- Diran Adebayo 2006
- John Agard 2007
- Brian Aldiss 1990
- Keith Alldritt 1978
- Fergus Allen 2000
- David Almond 2011
- Martin Amis 1983
- Mark Amory 1996
- Carole Angier 2002
- Lisa Appignanesi 2015
- Simon Armitage 2004
- Karen Armstrong 2005
- Bruce Arnold 1994
- Geoffrey Ashe 1963
- Michael Asher 2010
- Rosemary Ashton 1999
- Nadeem Aslam 2010
- Diana Athill 2001
- Kate Atkinson 2010
- Margaret Atwood 2010
- Sir Alan Ayckbourn 1991
B
- Paul Bailey 1999
- Sarah Bakewell 2012
- John Banville 2007
- Richard Barber 1971
- Juliet Barker 2001
- Pat Barker 1995
- Correlli Barnett 1964
- Sebastian Barry 2009
- Susan Bassnett 2007
- Jonathan Bate 2004
- Martin Bax 2002
- C.A. Bayly (Sir Christopher Bayly) 2005
- Dame Gillian Beer 2006
- Antony Beevor 1999
- Rosalind Belben 1999
- Anne Olivier Bell 1984
- Bernard Bergonzi 2010
- Christopher Bigsby 2000
- Dea Birkett 2000
- Julia Blackburn 2002
- Malorie Blackman 2009
- Sir Quentin Blake 2013
- Ronald Blythe 1970
- William Boyd 1982
- Lord Melvyn Bragg 1971
- Piers Brendon 2009
- Robin Briggs 1999
- Raymond Briggs 1993
- Hugh Brogan 1987
- Anita Brookner 1982
- Alan Brownjohn 1999
- James Buchan 2001
- Moira Buffini 2014
- John Burnside 1999
- A.S. Byatt (Dame Antonia Byatt) 1983
C
- David Cairns 2001
- Carmen Callil 2010
- David Cannadine 1999
- Peter Carey 1989
- John Carey 1982
- Sir Raymond Carr 1977
- Ciaran Carson 2014
- Miranda Carter 2011
- Justin Cartwright 2002
- David Caute 1998
- Glen Cavaliero 1986
- Hugh Cecil 1997
- Aidan Chambers 2009
- Amit Chaudhuri 2009
- Tracy Chevalier 2008
- Anne Chisholm 1989
- Rupert Christiansen 1997
- Kate Clanchy 2010
- Susannah Clapp 2013
- Gillian Clarke 2000
- John Clay 1998
- Jonathan Coe 2012
- Morton Cohen 1996
- Isabel Colegate 1981
- Linda Colley 2004
- Tony Connor 1972
- Robert Conquest 1972
- P.J. Conrad 1974
- Peter Conradi 2010
- David Constantine 2007
- Wendy Cope 1992
- John Cornwell 1985
- Frank Cottrell Boyce 2012
- Jim Crace 1999
- Kevin Crossley-Holland 1998
- Tony Curtis 2000
- Rachel Cusk 2012
D
- David Dabydeen 2000
- William Dalrymple 1995
- Richard Davenport-Hines 2003
- Andrew Davies 1996
- Paul Davies 1999
- Norman Davies 2014
- Stevie Davies 1998
- Dick Davis 1981
- Richard Dawkins 1997
- Louis de Bernières 2006
- Alain de Botton 2011
- Anita Desai 1978
- Imtiaz Dharker 2010
- Peter Dickinson 1999
- David Dilks 1986
- Jenny Diski 1999
- Maura Dooley 2006
- Robert Douglas-Fairhurst 2015
- Roddy Doyle 2003
- Dame Margaret Drabble 1973
- Dame Carol Ann Duffy 1999
- Maureen Duffy 1985
- Ian Duhig 2006
- Katherine Duncan-Jones 1991
- Helen Dunmore 1997
- Nell Dunn 2004
- Douglas Dunn 1981
- Jane Dunn 1999
- Geoff Dyer 2005
E
- David Edgar 1985
- Max Egremont (Lord Egremont) 2001
- Menna Elfyn 2015
- Anne Enright 2010
- Richard Evans 1999
- Bernardine Evaristo 2004
- Sir Richard Eyre 2011
F
- Ruth Fainlight 2007
- Duncan Fallowell 2015
- Moris Farhi 2001
- Paul Farley 2012
- Sebastian Faulks 1994
- Elaine Feinstein 1981
- James Fenton 1983
- Adam Fergusson 2009
- Maggie Fergusson 2010
- William Fiennes 2009
- Orlando Figes 2003
- Anne Fine 2003
- Tibor Fischer 2003
- Roy Fisher 2005
- Richard Ford 2012
- Aminatta Forna 2012
- Margaret Forster 1974
- Richard Fortey 2009
- Roy Foster 1992
- Adam Foulds 2009
- Robert Fraser 2007
- Lady Antonia Fraser 2003
- Michael Frayn 1969
- Maureen Freely 2011
- Brian Friel 1998
- Athol Fugard 1986
- John Fuller 1980
G
- Jane Gardam 2005
- Philip Gardner 1986
- Alan Garner 2011
- Timothy Garton Ash 2005
- Bamber Gascoigne 1976
- Jamila Gavin 2015
- Maggie Gee 1994
- Adèle Geras 2014
- Amitav Ghosh 2009
- Sir Martin Gilbert 1977
- David Gilmour 1990
- Mark Girouard 2011
- Lesley Glaister 1994
- Victoria Glendinning 1982
- Julian Gloag 1970
- Magdalen Goffin 1980
- Lyndall Gordon 2002
- Warwick Gould 1997
- Grey Gowrie 2003
- Linda Grant 2014
- A.C. Grayling 2006
- Peter Green 1956
- Lavinia Greenlaw 2004
- John Gribbin 1999
- Romesh Gunesekera 2004
- Abdulrazak Gurnah 2006
H
- Tessa Hadley 2009
- John Haffenden 1986
- William Hague MP 2009
- John Halperin 1985
- Georgina Hammick 2001
- Christopher Hampton 1976
- Barbara Hardy 1997
- Sir David Hare 1985
- Claire Harman 2006
- Richard Harries (The Right Rev Lord Harries of Pentregarth) 1996
- Robert Harris 1996
- Sir Wilson Harris 2007
- Alexandra Harris 2014
- Tony Harrison 1984
- David Harsent 1999
- Sir Ronald Harwood 1974
- Sir Max Hastings 1996
- Lady Selina Hastings 1994
- Roy Hattersley (Lord Hattersley) 2003
- Cameron Hazlehurst 1973
- Shirley Hazzard 1998
- Tim Heald 2000
- Denis Healey (Lord Healey) 1993
- John Hemming 2013
- Philip Hensher 1998
- Dominic Hibberd 2002
- Geoffrey Hill 1972
- Tobias Hill 2011
- Rosemary Hill 2010
- Bevis Hillier 1997
- Tim Hilton 1993
- Barry Hines 1977
- Peter Hobbs 2014
- Eva Hoffman 2007
- Alan Hollinghurst 1995
- Richard Holmes 1975
- Sir Michael Holroyd 1968
- Hugh Honour 1972
- Christopher Hope 1990
- Nick Hornby 1996
- Sir Alistair Horne 1968
- Philip Howard 1987
- Kathryn Hughes 2006
- Shirley Hughes 2000
- Lucy Hughes-Hallett 2010
- Roland Huntford 2001
- Aamer Hussein 2004
- Angela Huth 1978
- Samuel Hynes 1978
J
- Ian Jack 2009
- Howard Jacobson 2012
- Clive James 2010
- Kathleen Jamie 2009
- Deborah Jay 2005
- Sir Simon Jenkins 2003
- Alan Jenkins 2002
- Liz Jensen 2005
- Linton Kwesi Johnson 2013
- Jennifer Johnston 2009
- Steve Jones 2011
- Jenny Joseph 1999
- Gabriel Josipovici 1997
- Alan Judd 1990
- Margaret Jull Costa 2013
K
- P.J. Kavanagh 1986
- Jackie Kay 2002
- Jonathan Keates 1992
- Laurence Kelly 2003
- Linda Kelly 2010
- Thomas Keneally 1973
- A.L. Kennedy 1999
- Mimi Khalvati 2009
- Thomas Kilroy 1972
- Matthew Kneale 2003
- Shiv K. Kumar 1978
- Hari Kunzru 2014
- Hanif Kureishi 2008
- Kwame Kwei-Armah 2014
- David Kynaston 2010
L
- Nick Laird 2013
- John Lanchester 2010
- Robin Lane Fox 1974
- Lee Langley 1996
- James Lasdun 2010
- Bryony Lavery 2002
- Zachary Leader 2007
- Dame Hermione Lee 1992
- Brendan Lehane 1999
- Mike Leigh 2008
- Laurence Lerner 1984
- Andrea Levy 2005
- Paul Levy 1980
- Jeremy Lewis 1992
- Gwyneth Lewis 1999
- Dame Penelope Lively 1985
- Samuel Lock 2001
- David Lodge 1976
- Michael Longley 1988
- Roger Lonsdale 1989
- Edward Lucie-Smith 1964
- Andrew Lycett 2010
M
- Richard Mabey 2011
- Fiona MacCarthy 1997
- Robert Macfarlane 2011
- Denis Mack Smith 1977
- Shena Mackay 1999
- Rory MacLean 2007
- Margaret MacMillan 2003
- Brenda Maddox 1999
- Sir Noel Malcolm 1997
- David Malouf 2008
- Alberto Manguel 2010
- Philip Mansel 2010
- Dame Hilary Mantel 1990
- Patrick Marber 2002
- Patrick Marnham 1988
- Adam Mars-Jones 2007
- Philip Marsden 1996
- Rosalind Marshall 1974
- Yann Martel 2014
- Allan Massie 1982
- Douglas Matthews 1998
- Glyn Maxwell 1999
- Derwent May 1996
- Alexander McCall Smith 2014
- Geraldine McCaughrean 2009
- Ian McDonald 1970
- Ian McEwan 1983
- Roger McGough 2004
- Patrick McGrath 2002
- Jamie McKendrick 2014
- Candia McWilliam 1994
- Ved Mehta 2009
- Edward Mendelson 2003
- Jeffrey Meyers 1983
- Mary Midgley 2007
- Andrew Miller 2012
- Michael Millgate 1983
- Pankaj Mishra 2008
- Rohinton Mistry 2009
- David Mitchell 2013
- Julian Mitchell 1985
- Deborah Moggach 1999
- Caroline Moorehead 1993
- Michael Morpurgo 2004
- Jan Morris 1961
- Blake Morrison 1988
- Nicholas Mosley (Lord Ravensdale) 1980
- Sir Andrew Motion 1984
- Ferdinand Mount 1991
- Paul Muldoon 1981
- Richard Murphy 1968
- Dervla Murphy 2013
N
- V.S. Naipaul (Sir Vidia Naipaul) 1962
- Venetia Newall 1980
- Charles Nicholl 2005
- Grace Nichols 2007
- Peter Nichols 1983
- William Nicholson 1999
- Adam Nicolson (Lord Carnock) 2005
- Gerald Noel 1999
- John Julius Norwich 1970
- Robert Nye 1977
O
- Edna O’Brien 2011
- Sean O’Brien 2007
- Bernard O’Donoghue 1999
- Julia O’Faolain 1998
- Andrew O’Hagan 2010
- Redmond O’Hanlon 1993
- Kathleen Odell 1979
- Ben Okri 1997
- Michael Ondaatje 2012
- Charles Osborne 1996
- Helen Oyeyemi 2012
P
- Ruth Padel 1998
- Alan Palmer 1980
- Peter Parker 1997
- Don Paterson 2004
- Jill Paton Walsh 1996
- Brian Patten 2003
- Tim Pears 2012
- Humphrey Phelps 1977
- Adam Phillips 2012
- Caryl Phillips 2000
- Mike Phillips 2000
- David Plante 2002
- Piers Plowright 1998
- Stephen Poliakoff 1985
- David Pownall 1976
- David Profumo 1995
- David Pryce-Jones 1980
- Philip Pullman 2001
R
- Craig Raine 1984
- Nicholas Rankin 2009
- Frederic Raphael 1964
- Piers Read 1972
- Anne Redmon 1980
- Christopher Reid 1999
- Ruth Rendell (Baroness Rendell of Babergh) 1988
- Sir Christopher Ricks 1970
- Jane Ridley 2007
- Matt Ridley (Viscount Ridley) 1999
- William Rivière 2000
- Graham Robb 1999
- Andrew Roberts 2001
- Michèle Roberts 1999
- Robin Robertson 2010
- Jane Rogers 1994
- Stephen Romer 2011
- Meg Rosoff 2014
- Jacob Ross 2006
- J.K. Rowling 2002
- Anthony Rudolf 2005
- Carol Rumens 1984
- Sir Salman Rushdie 1983
S
- Lawrence Sail 1998
- Fiona Sampson 2010
- J.J. Scarisbrick 1969
- Ann Schlee 1997
- Michael Schmidt 1993
- The Rev Professor M.A. Screech 1989
- Roger Scruton 2003
- Peter Scupham 1990
- Simon Sebag-Montefiore 2003
- Elisa Segrave 2001
- Richard Sennett 1999
- Vikram Seth 1994
- Miranda Seymour 1996
- Sir Peter Shaffer 1978
- Nicholas Shakespeare 1999
- Kamila Shamsie 2011
- Jo Shapcott 1999
- Norman Sherry 1985
- Elaine Showalter 2011
- Posy Simmonds 2004
- Helen Simpson 1996
- Clive Sinclair 1983
- Andrew Sinclair 1972
- Iain Sinclair 2009
- Robert Skidelsky (Lord Skidelsky) 1978
- Gillian Slovo 2013
- Godfrey Smith 1995
- Ali Smith 2007
- Zadie Smith 2002
- Stephen Sondheim 2012
- Ahdaf Soueif 2002
- Frances Spalding 1984
- Francis Spufford 2007
- John Spurling 2010
- Hilary Spurling 2005
- Giles St Aubyn 1964
- Edward St Aubyn 2011
- William St Clair 1973
- Tom Stacey 1977
- Martin Stannard 1999
- C.K. Stead 1995
- George Steiner 1962
- Stanley Stewart 2001
- Rory Stewart 2005
- Sir Tom Stoppard 1972
- Sir Roy Strong 1999
- Andrea Stuart 2014
- Kate Summerscale 2010
- Virginia Surtees 1978
- John Sutherland 1990
- Graham Swift 1984
- Michael Symmons Roberts 2014
- George Szirtes 1982
T
- D.J. Taylor 1997
- Emma Tennant 1982
- Hugh Thomas (Lord Thomas of Swynnerton) 1997
- Ian Thomson 2003
- Colin Thubron 1969
- Ann Thwaite 1987
- Anthony Thwaite 1978
- Gillian Tindall 1983
- Colm Tóibín 2007
- A.T. Tolley 1998
- Nikolai Tolstoy 1979
- Claire Tomalin 1976
- Barbara Trapido 2011
- Jeremy Treglown 1989
- Rose Tremain 1983
- William Trevor 1976
- Lynne Truss 2004
- Eva Tucker 2009
W
- Jim Walvin 2006
- Val Warner 1998
- Dame Marina Warner 1984
- Sarah Waters 2009
- Fay Weldon 1986
- Robert Wells 1994
- Stanley Wells 2014
- Timberlake Wertenbaker 1999
- Sir Arnold Wesker 1985
- Sara Wheeler 1999
- Hugh Whitemore 1998
- Helen Wilcox 1999
- Nigel Williams 1994
- Hugo Williams 1988
- Rowan Williams (The Right Rev Lord of Oystermouth) 2003
- Frances Wilson 2008
- A.N. Wilson 1982
- Dame Jacqueline Wilson 2005
- Lewis Wolpert 1999
- Charles Wood 1985
- Michael Wood 1992
- James Wood 2011
- Gerard Woodward 2005
- Pamela Woof 1999
- Kit Wright 1997
- Ann Wroe 2007
- Francis Wyndham 1999
Z
- Adam Zamoyski 2006
- Theodore Zeldin 1999
- Philip Ziegler 1972
Honorary Fellows
- Julia Abel Smith
- David Altaras
- James Berry
- Robert Binyon
- Anthony Gardner
- Lord Gavron CBE
- Martyn Goff
- Günther Grass
- Drue Heinz
- Ursula Holden
- Paula Johnson
- HRH The Duke of Kent
- Sir Christopher Ondaatje
- John Saumarez Smith
- Patricia Schute
- Wole Soyinka
- David Sutton
- HRH The Prince of Wales
