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Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw fell into writing by way of a crisis. Finding her life hijacked by a severe post-natal breakdown after…
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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Clare Shaw, (they/them)
I’m a keen advocate for writing as a tool of social and personal change. During my six years with Writing…
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Ann Shearer
Ann Shearer lives in London, where she works as a Jungian analyst and teaches on different psychotherapy training courses. Earlier…
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Dave Sheasby
Dave Sheasby wrote for radio, television and theatre for a number of years and also directed and produced work for…
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Nikki Sheehan
Nikki Sheehan is an award-winning YA author, journalist, mentor and creative writing teacher. She has published six books, both fiction…
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Dyan Sheldon
Dyan Sheldon has written over fifty titles, ranging from picture books and children’s fiction to young adult and adult novels.…
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Jane Shilling
Jane Shilling is a critic and columnist, and the author of two books of memoir, The Fox in the Cupboard…
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Henry Shukman
Henry Shukman wrote a travel book Sons of the Moon (Flamingo) at the age of nineteen, followed by Travels with…
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John Siddique
John Siddique is the author of nine books, including Signposts of The Spiritual Journey, a book on accessing greater meaning…
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Shelley Silas
Shelley Silas writes for theatre, radio and television, and has also written a number of short stories. Her stage plays…
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Chris Simms
Chris Simms writes tense thrillers mostly set in and around Manchester, the area where he lives. However, his debut novel Outside…
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Clive Sinclair
Clive Sinclair was the author of 14 books, including the novels Bibliosexuality, Blood Libels, Cosmetic Effects and Augustus Rex. He…
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Umi Sinha
Newhaven, East Sussex
I wanted to be a writer from the age of six. My childhood home on a remote naval base in…
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Martin Sketchley
Martin Sketchley has over 25 years’ experience across B2B writing, analysis and non-fiction, writing and editing text destined for blue-chip…
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Claire Skuse
C.J. Skuse is a bestselling author of young adult and adult crime novels. Her ideas are inspired by her deep…
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Caroline Smailes
Dr Caroline Cauchi is an academic and international bestselling author. She writes both historical fiction and experimental fiction (also known…
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Cherry Smyth
Cherry Smyth is a poet, novelist and art critic. Her first poetry collection When the Lights Go Up (Lagan Press,…
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Cal Smyth
Cal Smyth is a crime novelist and screenwriter. He has had three novels published. His most recent is The Balkan…
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Amanda Smyth
Leamington Spa
Amanda Smyth is Irish-Trinidadian, and author of three novels. Her first novel, Black Rock, was based on the murder of…
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Ade Solanke
Ade Solanke is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, and founder of Spora Stories. Her acclaimed début play Pandora’s Box (Oberon,…
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Mahendra Solanki
Mahendra Solanki is a poet and editor, described by David Dabydeen as ‘a genuinely gifted writer’. Since his first collection,…
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Elizabeth Speller
Elizabeth Speller is a poet and author of four non-fiction books including a biography of Emperor Hadrian, companion guides to…
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David Spencer
In 1982, two men step from the U-bahn in west Berlin, kiss flamboyantly and no one but David looks twice…
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Michelle Spring
Michelle Spring is a novelist whose crime thrillers combine psychological insight with forensic interest in contemporary social issues. Her first…