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Julian Sayarer
Julian Sayarer is the author of five books written at the roadsides of the world. His debut book Life Cycles told the…
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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Paul Sayer
Paul Sayer is a former psychiatric nurse whose first novel The Comforts of Madness was published in 1988, winning the…
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Cherise Saywell
Cherise Saywell is a novelist and short-story writer. She was born and brought up in Australia and has lived in…
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Ann Schlee
Ann Schlee is a novelist whose work includes Ask Me No Questions (1976, and recently reprinted in paper back), The…
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Ros Schwartz
Ros Schwartz is an award-winning translator from French. Acclaimed for her new version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince…
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Pamela Scobie
Pamela Scobie’s twin passions for writing and performing came together in 1984 when she was invited, on the strength of…
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Jeremy Seal
Jeremy Seal writes non-fiction books which combine travel and history, often taking the culture of Turkey – a life-long interest…
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Jamie Lee Searle
Winchester
Jamie Lee Searle is a literary translator, writer and mentor. She translates German-language and Portuguese-language writing into English for publishing…
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Helen Sedgwick
Helen Sedgwick is a cross-genre author of literary fiction, science fiction and folk horror. She writes about human connection across…
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Rachel Seiffert
Rachel Seiffert has published four novels, A Boy in Winter, The Dark Room, Afterwards, and The Walk Home, and one…
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Esther Selsdon
Esther Selsdon is a novelist, travel writer and journalist. She writes for film, radio and many of the UK’s broadsheet…
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Cath Senker
An award-winning non-fiction writer and editor, Cath is also a university and ESOL teacher. Originally a project manager and editor…
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Miranda Seymour
Miranda Seymour is a celebrated biographer and prizewinning memoir writer. Her books include lives of Robert Graves, Ada Lovelace, Mary…
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Sara Shaarawi
Sara Shaarawi is a playwright from Cairo, based in Glasgow. She’s worked with several theatre companies around the UK: the…
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Jo Shapcott
Jo Shapcott won the Forward Prize for her collection, My Life Asleep, in 1999. For two years from 1998 she…
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Stephen Sharkey
Stephen Sharkey is a playwright. He grew up in Liverpool and then studied classics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Throughout…
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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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Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw fell into writing by way of a crisis. Finding her life hijacked by a severe post-natal breakdown after…
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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…