Amanda Craig is the author of seven novels, including A Vicious Circle, Hearts and Minds and The Lie of the Land, as well as short stories and essays. Her novels, always set in the contemporary era, feature recurring characters and inter-connected plots which have been compared to those of Dickens, Trollope and Balzac. She has reviewed for The Observer, The Telegraph, The Spectator and The Sunday Times. She was the children’s books critic for The Times for over a decade.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.
