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Elected: 2018
Year of birth: 1968
Roy Williams began writing plays in 1990. His plays include Advice for the Young at Heart; an adaptation of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner; Days of Significance; Sucker Punch; Category B; Baby Girl; Absolute Beginners; Little Sweet Thing; Fallout; Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads; Clubland; The Gift; Local Boy; Souls; Lift Off; Starstruck; Josie’s Boy; Wildefire; The No Boys Cricket Club; and Kingston 14. His writing for television includes Offside, for which he won a BAFTA. He was appointed OBE for Services to Drama in 2008.
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.