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Patrice Lawrence is a Brighton-born writer of prize-winning books for children and young people. Her debut, Orangeboy, was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Award and won the Bookseller YA Prize and Waterstones Prize for Older Children. She has won the Crimefest YA Award twice, the Woman and Home Teen Drama Book Award, the inaugural Jhalak Prize for Children and Young People, and has been shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal. She was awarded an MBE for literature in 2021.
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.
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.
