Elected: 2026
Nell Stevens is the author of four books: the novels The Original and Briefly, a Delicious Life, and the memoirs Bleaker House and Mrs Gaskell & Me. Her work has been awarded the Somerset Maugham Award, shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. She is Director of the Warwick Writing Programme at the University of Warwick.
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.
