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Nathalie Abi-Ezzi
Tonbridge, Kent
Nathalie Abi-Ezzi is a novelist and short-story writer. Her birthplace, Lebanon, inspired her first two novels. A Girl Made of…
Our Writers
Our directory will help you find any writer, past or present, who has worked as an RLF Fellow. Learn more about their career, how they work with us, and where they operate in the UK. You can also find any articles they may have written for us through their profiles.
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Lulu Allison
Corscombe, Dorset
All that I know about writing has come from reading. Though I loved books, my path was hardwired to art,…
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Laura Beatty
Laura Beatty is a writer of both fiction and nonfiction. Her first book was a biography of Lillie Langtry. Her…
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Penny Black
Penny Black is an award-winning translator (from German), writer and dramaturg. Her love of theatre started in Vienna, where she…
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Deborah Bosley
Deborah Walker’s writing career began in 1987 with The Rough Guide to California and The Rough Guide to San Francisco. An argument with…
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Amanda Dalton
Amanda Dalton is a poet, essayist and playwright specializing in theatre and radio drama. Her first poetry collection, How To Disappear (Bloodaxe…
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Caitlin Davies
Caitlin Davies was born in London in 1964. She is the author of 14 books (eight narrative non-fiction and six…
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Emily Diamand
Emily Diamand is an author of children’s fiction who writes fantasy adventure stories with an environmental theme. Her first novel…
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Jane Draycott
Jane Draycott is a poet whose collections from Carcanet Press include The Occupant, Over (nominated for the 2009 T.S. Eliot…
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Ruth Dugdall
Ruth Dugdall is an internationally published novelist and short-story writer. Her seven novels are inspired by her interest in the…
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Susan Elliot Wright
Susan Elliot Wright is the bestselling author of five novels, most recently All You Ever Wanted (Simon & Schuster, 2022).…
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Robin Etherington
Robin Etherington is a writer of children’s fiction and all-ages graphic novels, as well as numerous comic strips for print…
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Lisa Evans
Lisa Evans started out as an actor, training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and then working both…
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Shanta Everington
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Dr Shanta Everington is a creative and critical writer living in Leigh-on-Sea. Much of Shanta’s writing explores recurring themes of…
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Alicia Foster
Alicia Foster trained as an art historian before becoming a novelist. Her first novel Warpaint (Penguin, Figtree, 2013) tells the…
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Miranda France
Miranda France’s writing encompasses fiction, non-fiction, memoir and reportage; she also works as an editor and a translator from Spanish.…
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Rebecca Goss
Dr Rebecca Goss is an award-winning poet, tutor and mentor. Her poetry has been published extensively in literary journals, national…
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Rahila Gupta
Rahila Gupta is a freelance journalist, author and activist. Her latest book, Planet Patriarchy, co-written with Beatrix Campbell was published in…
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Peter Hollywood
Peter Hollywood was twenty-one when his first short story ‘The Accident’ was accepted by the famed editor David Marcus for…
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Zoë Howe
Zoë Howe’s books span the worlds of music, culture and the occult. A strong advocate for women and cultural figures…
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Marianne Kavanagh
Marianne Kavanagh is an author and journalist. Her first two novels were translated into eight languages and sold all over…
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Paul Mason
Paul Mason is a nonfiction writer specialising in high-interest material for children. Judging from the speed with which youthful visitors…
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Bernie McGill
Bernie McGill is the 2023 winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize for her collection This Train is For (No Alibis Press).…
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Louise Millar
Louise Millar is an acclaimed crime author. She has published four psychological thrillers in ten countries, and three short stories.…