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Caldwell, Lucy

Lucy Caldwell

Elected: 2018

Year of birth: 1981

Image credit: Debbie Taussig

Lucy Caldwell is a writer of novels, plays, radio dramas and short stories. Of her three novels, All the Beggars Riding (2013) was chosen for Belfast’s One City One Book campaign. Her published plays include Leaves (2007), Notes to Future Self (2011) and a version of Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters (2016). Lucy’s debut collection of short stories, Multitudes, was published in 2016. Awards include the Dylan Thomas Prize, Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, George Devine Award, Imison Award, Commonwealth Writers’ Award (Canada & Europe) and Edge Hill University Readers’ Choice Award.

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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.