Fellows

The Royal Society of Literature has around 600 Fellows. They include the very best novelists, short-story writers, poets, playwrights, graphic fiction writers, 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, librarians, 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:

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Neil Gaiman

Elected: 2018

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Patrick Gale

Elected: 2021

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Philip Gardner

Elected: 1986

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Honorary fellow

Anthony Gardner

Elected: 2004

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Alan Garner

Elected: 2012

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Honorary fellow

Helen Garnons-Williams

Elected: 2022

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Timothy Garton Ash

Elected: 2005

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Jamila Gavin

Elected: 2015

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Kate Gavron

Elected: 2020

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Maggie Gee

Elected: 1994

In the Library: A passage to Mexico

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Adèle Geras

Elected: 2014

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Amitav Ghosh

Elected: 2009

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Peter Gill

Elected: 2019
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Sir David Gilmour

Elected: 1990

In the Library: The Empire: for and against

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Paul Gilroy

Elected: 2016

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Lesley Glaister

Elected: 1994
Image credit: Andrew Greig

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Victoria Glendinning

Elected: 1982
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Julian Gloag

Elected: 1970

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Salena Godden

Elected: 2020

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Honorary fellow

David Godwin

Elected: 2020

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Vesna Goldsworthy

Elected: 2021
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Honorary fellow

Lennie Goodings

Elected: 2020
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Lyndall Gordon

Elected: 2002

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Edmund Gordon

Elected: 2018
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Warwick Gould

Elected: 1997

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James Graham

Elected: 2018

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Linda Grant

Elected: 2014

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Colin Grant

Elected: 2020
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Victoria Gray

Elected: 2021

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Peter Green

Elected: 1956

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Lavinia Greenlaw

Elected: 2004
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Germaine Greer

Elected: 2016

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Bonnie Greer

Elected: 2022

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Jane Gregory

Elected: 2022

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John Gribbin

Elected: 1999

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Niall Griffiths

Elected: 2022

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Romesh Gunesekera

Elected: 2004

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Kirsty Gunn

Elected: 2020

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Xiaolu Guo

Elected: 2022

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Tanika Gupta

Elected: 2016

In the Library: Top Girls

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Abdulrazak Gurnah

Elected: 2006

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