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Ryan, Frances

Frances Ryan

Elected: 2022

Dr. Frances Ryan is a columnist and reporter for The Guardian, and author of Crippled. Ryan was highly commended for the Georgina Henry Prize at the 2020 National Press Awards, as well as highly commended Specialist Journalist of the Year in 2019. She was shortlisted for the 2020 Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism, and shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2019. Ryan has a doctorate in politics from The University of Nottingham.

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Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.

Fellowship Election Process​

Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.