Elected: 2026
Nigella Lawson became Deputy Literary Editor of The Sunday Times at the age of 26, followed by a successful career as a freelance journalist, and op ed columnist, for a range of newspapers. In 1998 she wrote her first cookbook, How To Eat, The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food, followed by How To Be A Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking in 2000, and now has eleven bestselling books to her name with over five million sales in the UK alone and over 12 million worldwide.
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.
