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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.

James Friel
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James Friel

James Friel is the author of The Posthumous Affair, The Higher Realm, Left of North, Taking the Veil and Careless…

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…

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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’,…

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…

Christina Hopkinson
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Christina Hopkinson

Christina Hopkinson is a novelist and journalist specialising in writing about contemporary issues in a witty and incisive way —…

Zoe Howe
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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…

Robert Hudson
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Robert Hudson

Robert Hudson is an award-winning dramatist, novelist and comedy writer. He has co-written musicals about Russian propaganda, AI and Climate…

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…

Andy Jackson
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Andy Jackson

Dundee

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

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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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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Nicolette Jones

Nicolette Jones is a writer, journalist and occasional broadcaster who has also written about children’s books for the Sunday Times…

Marianne Kavanagh
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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…

Sally Kindberg
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Sally Kindberg

Sally Kindberg is an author, illustrator and comic strip maker who has written and illustrated more than thirty children’s nonfiction…

Richard King
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Richard King

Richard King is an acclaimed cultural historian, whose work focuses on the intersections of identity, subculture and place. His first…

Richard Lambert
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Richard Lambert

Richard Lambert is a prizewinning writer of fiction and poetry. His debut novel The Wolf Road (Everything with Words, 2020),…

Tom Lee
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Tom Lee

Tom Lee is a short-story writer and novelist. His critically acclaimed debut novel The Alarming Palsy of James Orr, published…

Garry MacKenzie
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Garry MacKenzie

Garry MacKenzie is a prizewinning poet and nonfiction writer whose work focuses on landscape and the environment. His nonfiction book…

Harry Man
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Harry Man

Darlington

Harry Man is an award-winning poet, playwright and translator. His work has been published in newspapers and literary journals nationally…

Paul Mason|Paul Mason
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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…

Andrew Miller
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Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller is the author of eight novels, from Ingenious Pain in 1997 to Now We Shall Be Entirely Free…

Stephen Mollett
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Stephen Mollett

Stephen Mollett is a dramatist and fiction writer. He has written eight plays for BBC Radio 4 in a variety…

Polly Morland
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Polly Morland

Polly Morland is a writer and documentary maker. She is the author of four narrative non-fiction books, including The Society…

Mark Morris
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Mark Morris

Mark Morris is an award-winning writer of novels, novellas, short stories and audio drama scripts, specializing in speculative fiction. The…