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
- Philip Ziegler 1972
William Hague (Lord Hague of Richmond)
Elected: 2009
In the Library: Pitt and Wilberforce: contrasting friends
Sir David Hare
Elected: 1985
In the Library: Mere fact, mere fiction: David Hare on journalism and art
Richard Harries (The Right Rev Lord Harries of Pentregarth)
Elected: 1996
Image credit: Robert Phillips
Philip Hensher
Elected: 1998
Image credit: Eamonn McCabe
In the Library: The Bangladeshi novel
