Elected: 2026
Sophie Herxheimer is an artist and poet. Her art has been shown at the National Portrait Gallery, The Museum of Liverpool and Tate Modern. Her collection Velkom to Inklandt (Short Books, 2017) was a Sunday Times book of the year. 60 Lovers to Make and Do (Henningham Family Press, 2019) was a TLS book of the year. Sophie is also a Hawthornden fellow. Her book Ode to Joy, (Pushkin Press, 2026) combines drawing, writing and collage to create a new type of graphic novel.
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.
