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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.

Beverley Jones
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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…

Lauren J Joseph by Eivind Hansen
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Lauren Joseph

Lauren J. Joseph is a novelist and playwright working with notions of social class, gender identity, religious faith and the…

Sophie Kirtley
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Sophie Kirtley

Sophie Kirtley is a prizewinning poet and children’s author. Her writing is adventurous, heartfelt and lyrical, drawing inspiration from the…

Hanna Komar
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Hanna Komar

Hanna Komar is a poet, translator and writer from Belarus, now based in London. She has published five poetry collections:…

Josh Lacey credit Sophie Sitwell
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Josh Lacey

Josh Lacey is the author of more than 40 books for children, which have been published around the world and…

Maureen Lennon credit James Mulkeen
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Maureen Lennon

Maureen Lennon is a scriptwriter mainly working in theatre. She is interested in work which experiments with form and explores…

Elizabeth Lewis
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Elizabeth Lewis

Elizabeth Lewis is a dramatist who has written a dozen radio plays, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her first radio…

Zoe Lewis
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Zoe Lewis

Zoe Lewis is a ghostwriter, journalist and playwright specialising in comedy and popular culture. She has ghostwritten several high-profile autobiographies…

Tim Lott
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Tim Lott

Tim Lott has published ten novels over 35 years, as well as a memoir and a writing guide. His first…

Elizabeth Lowry
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Elizabeth Lowry

Elizabeth Lowry is a novelist and critic. Her gothic psychological mystery Dark Water (Quercus, 2018), set in a psychiatric hospital…

Rupert Loydell
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Rupert Loydell

Rupert Loydell is the editor of Stride magazine, contributing editor to International Times and a writer and abstract artist. He…

Chris Manby credit Michael Pilkington
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Chris Manby

Christine Manby is the author of more than 40 books across multiple genres, writing under her own name and the…

Lydia Marchant by Matthew Cooper Photography
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Lydia Marchant

Lydia Marchant is a script writer for stage, screen and audio. Her debut full-length play Mumsy, about parenting on a…

Patricia Marques
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Patricia Marques

Patricia Marques writes speculative crime fiction in which atmosphere, human relationships and a character’s place in the world are as…

Linda Marshall Griffiths
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Linda Marshall Griffiths

Linda Marshall Griffiths is an award-winning playwright and novelist. She is writing speculative fiction, with particular interest in examining how…

Andy Martin by Jessica Lehrman
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Andy Martin

Andy Martin is a writer who has written a lot about other writers, philosophers and surfers. And at least one…

Ruth Martin credit Adrian Pope
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Ruth Martin

Ruth Martin is a literary translator working from German into English. She has translated more than 25 books, ranging from…

Toby Martinez de las Rivas
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Toby Martinez de las Rivas

Toby Martinez de las Rivas’ publications include three full collections from Faber & Faber. Black Sun (2018) was shortlisted for…

Katy Massey
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Katy Massey

Katy Massey is an acclaimed memoirist, novelist and tutor. She was awarded her PhD in Creative Writing (Life Writing) by…

Nadine Matheson
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Nadine Matheson

Nadine Matheson is the author of the Inspector Anjelica Henley crime series, including The Kill List and The Shadow Carver…

Brian McGilloway
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Brian McGilloway

Brian McGilloway is an award-winning crime novelist and screenwriter based in Northern Ireland. He is the author of thirteen novels…

Thomas McMullan by Sophie Davidson
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Thomas McMullan

Thomas McMullan is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer. He is the author of The Last Good Man (Bloomsbury, 2020),…

Meredith Miller
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Meredith Miller

Meredith Miller is the author of four published novels and numerous short stories. Her fiction reflects her interest in history,…

Nicola Monaghan
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Nicola Monaghan

Nicola Monaghan is the author of the Sian Love mystery series including the critically acclaimed Dead Flowers, which was shortlisted…