Elected: 2025
Sita Brahmachari is an award-winning author celebrated for her rites of passage children’s and young adult novels and her work with diverse communities in theatre. Since her Waterstones Award Winning debut ‘Artichoke Hearts’ Sita’s novels, plays and short stories have received international critical acclaim. Her works include: ‘Kite Spirit,’ ‘Tender Earth’ ‘When Shadows Fall,’ ‘When Secrets Set Sail’ ‘Where the River Runs Gold and ‘Phoenix Brothers.’ Sita has been Book Trust Writer in Residence and an Amnesty Ambassador for children’s rights.
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.
