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
Fiona Sampson
Elected: 2010
Image credit: Ekaterina Voskresenskaya
In the Library: Tales of two cities
Miranda Seymour
Elected: 1996
In the Library: Forgotten Friendships: Philip Oltermann and Miranda Seymour
Jo Shapcott
Elected: 1999
Image credit: Jack Underwood
In the Library: Consider the seahorse – full audio
Elaine Showalter
Elected: 2011
Image credit: Claudio Vazquez
In the Library: American women writers and the Brontës
Rory Stewart
Elected: 2005
In the Library: Two-way traffic: Rory Stewart on writing about place
Sir Tom Stoppard
Elected: 1972
Image credit: Matt Humphrey
In the Library: Tom Stoppard and Michael Holroyd: Talking to themselves
Michael Symmons Roberts
Elected: 2014
Image credit: Martin Bence
In the Library: Michael Symmons Roberts, The Few
