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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…
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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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…
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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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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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Mick Jackson
Mick Jackson writes fiction and screenplays. His first novel The Underground Man (Faber, 1997) was shortlisted for the Booker prize…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Kathleen Jamie
Kathleen Jamie is a poet and essayist. She has lived almost all her life on Scotland’s east coast, and engagement…
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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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Alan Jenkins
Alan Jenkins is a poet who, since publishing his first collection in 1988, has been acclaimed for the way 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…
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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…
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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,…
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Curtis Jobling
Curtis Jobling is an award-winning author and illustrator of numerous books for children of all ages, as well as creator…
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Emma John
Born near Luton in 1978, Emma John is the author of three nonfiction books whose writing spans numerous fields. As…
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Catherine Johnson
Catherine Johnson has been writing professionally for close to 20 years. As well as books she writes screenplays for film…
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Judith Johnson
Judith Johnson is a freelance writer and teacher. She has written more than 20 plays, including Uganda for the Royal National Studio/Royal…
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Doug Johnstone
Doug Johnstone has worked as a freelance arts journalist since 1999, primarily covering music and literature, and he is currently…
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Beverley Jones
Beverley Jones is a former journalist from South Wales. She began her writing career with The Western Mail in Cardiff…
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Cynan Jones
Cynan Jones chiefly writes short novels. His first book The Long Dry won a 2007 Society of Authors Betty Trask…