Tash Aw is the author of four novels, including, most recently, We, the Survivors, and a memoir of a Chinese-Malaysian family, Strangers on a Pier. His work has won the Whitbread and Commonwealth Prizes, an O. Henry Award and twice been longlisted for the Booker Prize. His fiction has been translated into 23 languages. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times, the Guardian and the New York Review of Books.
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.
