Elected: 2024
Okechukwu’s debut novel The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney won a Betty Trask Award, and was nominated for a number of other prizes. In 2021, it was selected for the Kingston University Big Read. His second novel, Here Again Now was shortlisted for the Encore Award, and nominated for a number of other prizes. He is a non-executive Director of ALCS and CLA, and Lecturer in Creative Writing at Lancaster University.
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.
