Elected: 2019
Year of birth: 1962
Catherine Johnson has written twenty books for for young readers as well as included in very many anthologies for children and adults including New Daughters of Africa.
Sawbones won best historical fiction for 12+ and The Curious Tale of The Lady Caraboo, was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize. Her most recent book Freedom, is nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Catherine has also written for film, including Bullet Boy, and television, including Rough Crossings for BBC2. She is currently working on the adaptation of Miranda Kaufmann’s book Black Tudors as well as writing for a video game in development.
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.
