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:
- Lisa Appignanesi 2015
- Sir Antony Beevor 1999
- Colin Chisholm 2018
- Max Egremont (Lord Egremont) 2001
- Ken Follett 2018
- Michael Frayn 1969
- Neil Gaiman 2018
- J.K. Rowling 2002
- Robert Skidelsky (Lord Skidelsky) 1978
- Dame Jacqueline Wilson 2005
Neil Gaiman
Elected: 2018
In the Library: Neil Gaiman and The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Victoria Glendinning
Elected: 1982
Image credit: Justin Westover
In the Library: Leonard Woolf: the whole man
Romesh Gunesekera
Elected: 2004
In the Library: On the Same Page: Anne Fine and Romesh Gunesekera