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Siân Rees
Siân Rees is a writer of historical non-fiction. Her first book The Floating Brothel, about a shipful of female convicts…
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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John Retallack
John was born in Oxford and, after a long spell in London, now lives in the city with his wife,…
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Anna Reynolds
Anna Reynolds is a playwright, fiction writer, drama writing coach, editor, mentor, writing facilitator and arts project producer. She has…
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Kate Rhodes
Kate Rhodes is an acclaimed crime writer and poet. She completed a PhD on the American dramatist Tennessee Williams at…
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Dan Richards
Dan Richards is an acclaimed non-fiction writer specialising in art, travel and adventure. His first book, Holloway – co-authored with…
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Marnie Riches
Marnie Riches is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed author, published in several genres. Her first books to appear in print were historical…
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Gillian Richmond
Gillian Richmond is a television, stage and radio dramatist who grew up on army bases around the world. The Last…
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Beau Riffenburgh
Beau Riffenburgh is a biographer and historian of exploration. His book Nimrod (2004), the thrilling tale of Ernest Shackleton’s first…
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Gwendoline Riley
Gwendoline Riley is a novelist and short-story writer. Her short, sharp novels are written in the first person and the…
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Mary-Jane Riley
Mary-Jane Riley is the bestselling author of four crime novels published by Harper Collins. They feature the journalist Alex Devlin…
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Maurice Riordan
Maurice Riordan has published collections of poems including, A Word from the Loki (Faber, 1995) and Floods (Faber, 2000). He…
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Harry Ritchie
Harry Ritchie is a writer and literary journalist. He has written two novels – Friday Night Club (Hodder, 2002) and…
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Sol B River
Sol B. River is an acclaimed playwright, film-maker and producer having completed an MA in scriptwriting before taking up various…
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Katherine Roberts
Katherine Roberts won the inaugural Branford Boase award for her first novel Song Quest (Element, 1999), which launched her career…
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Bethan Roberts
Bethan Roberts has published four novels and also writes drama for BBC Radio 4. Her novels The Good Plain Cook…
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Sally Roberts Jones
Sally Roberts Jones is a poet, biographer, critic, historian and bibliographer. She was born in north-east London in 1935, and…
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Jane Robins
Jane Robins is the author of three historical non-fiction books, all featuring notable British trials. Her first Rebel Queen (Simon…
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Simon Robson
Simon Robson trained as an actor and wrote initially for the theatre. His first play The Ghost Train Tattoo was…
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Carina Rodney
Carina Rodney is an award-winning writer for stage, screen and radio. Her theatre work has toured nationally and includes original scripts,…
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Sue Roe
Sue Roe is an acclaimed biographer and poet with a strong interest in the visual arts. Her first biography, Gwen…
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Monique Roffey
Monique Roffey is an award-winning writer. Born in Trinidad, she has written a trilogy of novels, which engage with the…
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Jane Rogers
Jane Rogers is a novelist, dramatist and writer of short stories. Her ten novels include Her Living Image (Somerset Maugham…
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Cynthia Rogerson
Cynthia Rogerson is the author of four literary novels and a collection of short stories. She is predominantly interested in…
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Jane Rogoyska
Jane Rogoyska is a non-fiction writer whose work explores themes of conflict, exile, identity, memory and politics. She has a…