Elected: 2025
Patrick Wright is the author of The Sea View Has Me Again: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness (2020) and of seven books before that. A freelance writer, broadcaster and occasional curator for many years, he is now an emeritus professor in the Department of English at King’s College London and a fellow of the British Academy.
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.
