Elected: 1999
Year of birth: 1948
Deborah Moggach has written 18 novels, including the bestselling Tulip Fever and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, both of which have been made into movies. She’s adapted many of her other books for TV and films. Her other adaptations include the BAFTA-nominated Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley, and “Goggle-Eyes”, which won the Writers Guild Award. She’s been Chair of the Society of Authors and on the Executive Committee of PEN.
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.
