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 Mansel
Elected: 2010
Image credit: Aouni Abdul Rahim
In the Library: Emotion and daring: remembering Lesley Blanch
Ian McEwan
Elected: 1983
Image credit: Annalena McAfee
In the Library: Ian McEwan on originality in science and the arts
Nadifa Mohamed
Elected: 2018
In the Library: On the Same Page: Nadifa Mohamed and Irenosen Okojie
Caroline Moorehead
Elected: 1993
Image credit: Jerry Bauer
In the Library: Resistance, friendship and survival
Blake Morrison
Elected: 1988
Image credit: Charles Moriarty
In the Library: Blake Morrison, Recruitment
Sir Andrew Motion
Elected: 1984
Image credit: Charlotte Knee
In the Library: Consider the seahorse – full audio
Sir Ferdinand Mount
Elected: 1991
In the Library: From the Marshalsea to Gethsemane: writers in search of politics
Alice Munro
Elected: 2002
In the Library: The RSL welcomes new Companions of Literature – RSL Review 2013
