Elected: 2025
Lynette Linton is a writer, and BAFTA nominated director for theatre, TV and film, was the Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre from 2019 – 2025. Her programming at the Bush has centered on ground-breaking debuts from UK and Irish writers. It has seen four consecutive Olivier Award wins for Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer, Igor Memic’s Old Bridge, Waleed Akhtar’s The P Word and Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini’s Sleepova, plus the West End transfers of both Tyrell Williams’ Red Pitch and Benedict Lombe’s Shifters in 2024.
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.
