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Emma Darwin
Emma Darwin is a novelist, short-story writer and teacher. She grew up in London, with interludes in Manhattan and Brussels,…
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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Caitlin Davies
Caitlin Davies was born in London in 1964. She is the author of 14 books (eight narrative non-fiction and six…
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David Stuart Davies
David Stuart Davies taught English for 20 years before leaving the classroom to become editor of Sherlock, the crime-fiction magazine.…
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Hilary Davies
Hilary Davies is a poet, translator and critic. She has published three collections of poetry (all published by Enitharmon): The…
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Stevie Davies
Stevie Davies is a novelist, literary critic, biographer and historian. She was born in Wales and is a Fellow of…
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Rachael Davis-Featherstone
Rachael Davis-Featherstone is a mixed-raced Black-British multi-award-nominated author. She has published over twenty books ranging from picture books to women’s…
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Jill Dawson
Jill Dawson is an acclaimed novelist, poet and anthologist. She won an Eric Gregory award for poetry in 1992 and…
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Martin Day
Martin Day has been writing professionally for almost thirty years. He is the author of twelve novels and audiobooks, and…
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Susie Day
Susie Day is a children’s author, writing novels for readers aged eight to twelve, and for teenagers and young adults.…
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Trevor Day
Trevor Day is a non-fiction writer who has written widely across the life sciences and earth sciences. He now specialises…
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Bridget Deane
Bridget Deane is a working-class, disabled writer based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne whose work spans television, film, theatre and radio. Her writing…
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Meaghan Delahunt
Meaghan Delahunt is a novelist and short story writer. Her work has been widely translated and her stories anthologised and…
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Emily Diamand
Emily Diamand is an author of children’s fiction who writes fantasy adventure stories with an environmental theme. Her first novel…
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Christie Dickason
Christie Dickason wrote nine internationally published novels (Century, Random House, HarperCollins) as well as recent fiction for Young Adults, about…
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Ishy DIn
Ishy Din is a playwright and screenwriter, known for his narratives that reflect his upbringing on Teesside, where he remains…
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Paul Dodgson
Paul Dodgson is a writer, radio producer, musician and teacher with a special interest in life-writing and scriptwriting. His book On…
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Michael Donaghy
Michael Donaghy, poet, musician, critic, and editor, was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1954 and moved to Britain…
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John Donnelly
John Donnelly is a playwright. He works in theatre and more recently, television and film. His plays include The Pass…
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Anne Donovan
Anne Donovan is a novelist and short-story writer. She is the author of the short-story collection Hieroglyphics (2001) and the…
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Paul Dowswell
A former senior editor with Usborne Publishing, Paul Dowswell has written over 70 books, including ten historical fiction novels for…
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Jane Draycott
Jane Draycott is a poet whose collections from Carcanet Press include The Occupant, Over (nominated for the 2009 T.S. Eliot…
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Alan Drury
Alan Drury was a dramatist for over 30 years, and had well over 60 scripts presented in theatre and on…
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Helena Drysdale
Helena Drysdale writes non-fiction — a hybrid of travel, memoir, history, biography and journalism. Looking for George: love and death…
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Christy Ducker
Christy Ducker is the author of four poetry books and pamphlets: Messenger (Smith Doorstop, 2017), Heroes (Smith Doorstop, 2016), Skipper…