Patrick Gale is the author of seventeen novels, the latest of which, Mother’s Boy, based on the early life of Charles Causley, comes out in Spring 2022. He also writes scripts, notably the International Emmy-winning Man in an Orange Shirt. He’s currently adapting that as a musical, and his novels A Place Called Winter and Take Nothing With You for screen and stage respectively. He lives on a farm at Land’s End.
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.
