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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.

Adriana Hunter
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Adriana Hunter

Adriana Hunter is an award-winning translator of French. Since ‘discovering’ the first book she was to translate in 1998, she…

Megan Hunter
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Megan Hunter

Megan Hunter is a prizewinning novelist, poet and screenwriter. Her first novel, The End We Start From, a story of…

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Shahrukh Husain

Shahrukh Husain writes fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. She also writes screenplays and the occasional play. Her adult…

Aamer Hussein
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Aamer Hussein

Aamer Hussein was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, but has lived in Britain since the 1970s. He studied at…

|Alexander Hutchison
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Alexander Hutchison

Alexander Hutchison is a poet and translator who writes in English and Scots. He was born and brought up in…

Liz Hyder by Ashleigh Cadet
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Liz Hyder

Liz Hyder is an award-winning, acclaimed novelist for both adults and younger readers. Her first novel Bearmouth (Pushkin Press, 2019),…

MJ Hyland
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MJ Hyland

M. J. Hyland is a multi-award-winning novelist, essayist and short-story writer. Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize and winner of…

Elin ap Hywel
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Elin ap Hywel

Elin ap Hywel is a poet, translator and editor who works in Welsh and English. She was the RLF’s first…

Mark Illis|Dipo Agboluaje|Louise Foxcroft|Mark Illis
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Mark Illis

Mark Illis writes novels for adults and teenagers, and has written extensively for television. His new novel for teens, Running…

Daniel Ingram-Brown by Annie Johnston
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Daniel Ingram-Brown

Daniel Ingram-Brown is an award-winning, middle-grade author based in Yorkshire. His book, Bea’s Witch: A Ghostly Coming-of-age Story (Collective Ink…

Inbali Iserles
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Inbali Iserles

Inbali Iserles is an award-winning author of children’s books. Her writing is inspired by a love of the natural world…

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Mick Jackson

Mick Jackson writes fiction and screenplays. His first novel The Underground Man (Faber, 1997) was shortlisted for the Booker prize…

Andy Jackson
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Andy Jackson

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Andy Jackson is a poet and editor of several anthologies. His first collection The Assassination Museum was published in 2010…

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Steven Jacobi

Steven Jacobi’s work includes the novels Going Naked is the Best Disguise and A Short Series of Discrete Problems, the…

Lucy Jago
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Lucy Jago

Lucy Jago is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her first book, The Northern Lights (Hamish Hamilton, 2001) won the…

Lauren James by Michael White
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Wren James

Wren James is the Carnegie-longlisted British author of many Young Adult novels as ‘Lauren James’, including Last Seen Online, Green…

Sarah Jasmon
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Sarah Jasmon

Sarah Jasmon is a novelist and short story writer, now navigating the world of creative nonfiction and hybrid form. Her…

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Michael Jecks

Michael Jecks is a prolific international novelist, with 32 titles in his highly acclaimed Templar series of historical thrillers. His…

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Rebecca Jenkins

Rebecca Jenkins is a cultural historian and novelist living in Teesdale, County Durham. Her writing evolved from a passion for…

Alan Jenkins
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Alan Jenkins

Alan Jenkins is a poet who, since publishing his first collection in 1988, has been acclaimed for the way his…

Rosemary Jenkinson by Stuart Bailie
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Rosemary Jenkinson

Rosemary Jenkinson is a short-story writer, playwright, poet, essayist, memoirist and cultural commentator. She particularly loves the short story as…

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Simon Jenner

Simon Jenner is a poet, playwright and commissioning editor, writing on music, drama and poetry. Belatedly educated at Leeds and…

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Charles Jennings

Charles Jennings is a writer and journalist whose books range from the bestselling travelogue Up North (Little, Brown, 1994), to…

Liz Jobey|Liz Jobey
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Liz Jobey

Liz Jobey has worked as an editor and a writer on national newspapers including the Sunday Times, the Independent on Sunday, the Guardian and,…