Elected: 2019
Stuart Proffitt is a book editor and publisher, first at HarperCollins (1983-1998) and since then at Penguin. In 1999 he founded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction (now the Baillie Gifford Prize) and in 2014 he was awarded the London Library ‘Life in Literature’ Prize. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian and Observer newspapers.
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.
