Elected: 2024
Joanna grew up in the Midlands and has worked in the US, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Sri Lanka and the Baltic States. Her novels include Inglorious, The Birth of Love, Come to the Edge, A Field Guide to Reality and Zed. Her writing has appeared in the Paris Review, the New Yorker, Tank, Esquire and Zoetrope, among other publications. She was named as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and is currently Frankland Visitor at the University of Oxford.
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.
