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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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Valerie Gillies

Valerie Gillies is a poet and non-fiction writer, whose books include Tweed Journey and The Lightning Tree. As a young…

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Midge Gillies

Midge Gillies grew up in Suffolk and studied history at Girton College, Cambridge. She has written seven non-fiction books. Amy…

Lesley Glaister
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Lesley Glaister

Lesley Glaister is the author of sixteen novels. Her first, Honour Thy Father (Secker and Warburg, 1990), won Somerset Maugham…

Guinevere Glasford
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Guinevere Glasfurd

Guinevere Glasfurd is a critically acclaimed novelist. She is the author of two published novels and a third which is…

Rebecca Goss
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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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Tony Gould

Tony Gould is a non-fiction writer with a special interest in biography and history. His biography Inside Outsider: the life…

Fraser Grace
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Fraser Grace

Fraser Grace is a Cambridge-based writer and dramatist. His first play was joint-winner of the Verity Bargate award, and his…

Graeme Grant
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Graeme Grant

Graeme Grant has published thirty books under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms. He is also a freelance…

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Katie Grant

Born into a recusant Lancashire family described by Lord Burghley, treasurer to Elizabeth I, as ‘of more than usual perversity’,…

Helen Grant
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Helen Grant

Helen Grant writes Gothic thrillers for a crossover (young adult/adult) audience. She draws on atmospheric locations and local folklore for…

Lesley Grant-Adamson
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Lesley Grant-Adamson

Lesley Grant-Adamson is an acclaimed novelist, short-story writer and teacher of creative writing. She was a journalist who gave up…

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Jen Green

Jen Green is a writer of non-fiction for children and adults, specialising in history, nature/environment, geography, science and social issues.…

George Green
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George Green

George Green is a historical novelist and short-story writer. His first novel, Hound (Transworld, 2003), is a re-telling of the…

John Greening
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John Greening

John Greening is a poet, critic and editor who has spent much of his life teaching adults and young people…

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Jonathan Gregson

Jonathan Gregson is a travel writer, financial journalist and editor. He has written three books on South Asia: Bullet up…

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Andrew Greig

Andrew Greig is a Scottish writer and performer, author of 20 books of poetry, non-fiction and novels. He has been…

Kirsty Gunn
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Kirsty Gunn

Kirsty Gunn is an internationally published writer of novels and short stories that focus on ordinary lives and relationships and…

Rahila Gupta
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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 Guttridge

Peter Guttridge is a novelist, journalist and writing tutor. His six comic novels are deemed ‘essential reading’ by the Times.…

Emylia Hall
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Emylia Hall

Emylia Hall is the author of four novels. Her debut, The Book of Summers, a coming-of-age story inspired by childhood…

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Alyson Hallett

Alyson Hallett is a prize-winning poet and Hawthornden Fellow whose latest books are Toots (Mariscat Press, 2017), and Walking Stumbling…

Maggie Hamand
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Maggie Hamand

Maggie Hamand is a novelist, non-fiction author and journalist. She has had two novels published, The Rocket Man and The…

Penny Hancock
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Penny Hancock

Penny Hancock is a novelist, short story writer, journalist and teacher. Her first novel Tideline (Simon and Schuster 2012), a…

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John Hands

John Hands is an internationally acclaimed author of two non-fiction books and three novels. John’s first book, Housing Co-operatives, was…