Current RSL Fellows
The Royal Society of Literature has some 600 Fellows. They include the very best novelists, short-story writers, poets, playwrights, biographers, historians, travel writers, literary critics and scriptwriters at work today. Honorary Fellows are those who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of literature as publishers, agents, booksellers or producers, or who have rendered special service to the Society.
Explore our full listing of current Fellows below. Use the alphabet links to filter the list by Fellow surname.
Patron Fellows
The RSL would like to thank its Patron Fellows for their kind support:
- Lisa Appignanesi 2015
- Sir Antony Beevor 1999
- Colin Chisholm 2018
- Max Egremont (Lord Egremont) 2001
- Ken Follett 2018
- Michael Frayn 1969
- Neil Gaiman 2018
- Sir David Hare 1985
- Sir Michael Holroyd 1968
- J.K. Rowling 2002
- Robert Skidelsky (Lord Skidelsky) 1978
- Sir Tom Stoppard 1972
- Dame Jacqueline Wilson 2005
- Philip Ziegler 1972
Karen Armstrong
Elected: 2005
Image credit: Michael Lionstar
In the Library: Karen Armstrong on religion
Margaret Atwood
Elected: 2010
In the Library: Life is tweet: Margaret Atwood on her passion for new technology
