Elected: 2018
Year of birth: 1979
Ross Raisin is the author of three novels: A Natural (2017), Waterline (2011) and God’s Own Country (2008), each published to outstanding critical acclaim. In 2013 he was named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. He has been the recipient of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and a Betty Trask Award. He has written short stories for Granta, Prospect, The Sunday Times, Esquire, BBC Radio 3 and 4, among others. Ross teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London and is a writer-in-residence for the education charity First Story.
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.
