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Elected: 2022
Francesca Martinez* is an award-winning comedian, writer, actress and speaker.
She has made numerous TV and radio appearances, including writing and performing for The Verb on BBC Radio 3, as well as her first radio play How We’re Loved for BBC Radio 4.
Francesca’s best-selling book, What The **** Is Normal?!, was nominated Best Book in the Chortle Comedy Awards and runner-up in the Bread & Roses Book Award. Her first stage play, All of Us, where she will also take the lead role, opens in the summer at National Theatre.
*Francesca has cerebral palsy but much prefers the word ‘wobbly’.
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.
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.