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Jon Stock
Jon Stock is a full-time writer of commercial fiction, specialising first in spy novels and, in recent years, psychological thrillers…
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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Philippa Stockley
Philippa Stockley read English at Oxford and art-historical clothing history at the Courtauld Institute as a two-year MA. Having written…
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Hugh Stoddart
Hugh Stoddart has had a long career as a screenwriter. His first feature-length original screenplay Remembrance was shortlisted for an Evening…
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Rebecca Stott
Rebecca Stott is a historian, writer and radio broadcaster, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Emeritus Professor…
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Emma Strang
Em Strang is an award-winning poet and novelist, preoccupied with nature, spirituality (in particular, Christian mysticism) and the question of…
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Lucy Strange
Lucy Strange is an award-winning children’s author. Her books capture elements of classic children’s literature in a style that is…
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Rick Stroud
Rick Stroud is a bestselling historian specialising in the events of World War Two. While his first volume, The Book…
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Julie Summers
Julie Summers is a bestselling nonfiction author, historian and broadcaster. Her work focuses on stories of ordinary people faced with…
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Dave Swann
Dave Swann is a poet and fiction writer, who is inspired by the resilience of people who live on the…
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Amanda Swift
Amanda Swift writes children’s fiction, specialising in comedy. Her novels for nine- to 12-year-olds, The Boys’ Club, Big Bones and…
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Martin Symington
Martin Symington is a travel journalist and author. Born and brought up in Portugal, he has been based in Britain…
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Lydia Syson
Lydia Syson writes fiction and non-fiction on historical themes for readers of all ages. Mr Peacock’s Possessions, her debut adult…
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Malachy Tallack
Malachy Tallack is an award-winning author, whose work – both fiction and nonfiction – centres around themes of place, community…
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Rebecca Tantony
Rebecca Tantony is the author of three poetry and flash nonfiction collections, all published by Burning Eye Books (2015, 2017,…
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Sara Taylor
Sara Taylor is a novelist and short-story writer whose work explores the social construction of identity, family, and sexuality. Their…
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Sue Teddern
Sue Teddern’s many radio dramas include Cooking in a Bedsitter, five series of soloparentpals.com, In Mates, Sad Girl and The…
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Mimi Thebo
Mimi Thebo is an international writer for both children and adults. Her novels, often about recovery from trauma, are humorous…
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Ruth Thomas
Ruth Thomas is an acclaimed novelist and short-story writer. Her first collection Sea Monster Tattoo was shortlisted for the John…
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Gillian Thompson
Gill Thompson is the author of four historical fiction novels, set in and around World War Two. The Oceans Between…
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Hugh Thomson
Hugh Thomson is one of Britain’s leading travel writers who won the inaugural Wainwright Prize from a shortlist that included The…
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Ian Thomson
Ian Thomson is an award-winning biographer, travel writer, translator and literary critic known for his interest in Italy, the West…
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Valerie Thornton
Valerie Thornton writes poetry, short stories and creative-writing textbooks. She also teaches creative writing and works with teachers on developing…
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Lorna Thorpe
Lorna Thorpe’s first book Dancing to Motown (Pighog, 2005) was a Poetry Book Society pamphlet choice. The book marked a…
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Rhiannon Tise
Rhiannon Tise is an award-winning writer for radio, theatre and television. In 2017 her ten-part adaptation of Louisa May Allcott’s…