Current Fellows
| Fellow | Year of election |
|---|---|
| Dannie Abse | 1983 |
| Chinua Achebe | 1983 |
| Peter Ackroyd CBE | 1984 |
| Gilbert Adair | 2011 |
| Richard Adams | 1975 |
| Donald Adamson JP FSA FRHistS | 1983 |
| Fleur Adcock OBE | 1984 |
| Diran Adebayo | 2006 |
| John Agard | 2007 |
| Brian Aldiss OBE | 1990 |
| Keith Alldritt | 1978 |
| Fergus Allen CB | 2000 |
| *David Altaras | 1996 |
| Martin Amis | 1983 |
| Mark Amory | 1996 |
| Carole Angier | 2002 |
| The Marquess of Anglesey DL FSA FRHistS | 1969 |
| John Arden | 2000 |
| Simon Armitage | 2004 |
| Karen Armstrong | 2005 |
| Bruce Arnold OBE | 1994 |
| Geoffrey Ashe | 1963 |
| Michael Asher | 1996 |
| Rosemary Ashton OBE FBA | 1999 |
| Diana Athill OBE | 2001 |
| Kate Atkinson | 2010 |
| Margaret Atwood | 2010 |
| Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE | 1991 |
| Paul Bailey | 1999 |
| Dame Beryl Bainbridge DBE | 1978 |
| Michael Baldwin | 1984 |
| Iain Banks | 2009 |
| John Banville | 2007 |
| Richard Barber | 1971 |
| Juliet Barker | 2001 |
| Pat Barker CBE | 1995 |
| Sebastian Barker | 1997 |
| Frank Barlow CBE FBA FRHistS | 1971 |
| Correlli Barnett CBE | 1964 |
| Sebastian Barry | 2009 |
| Jacques Barzun | 1994 |
| Susan Bassnett | 2007 |
| Jonathan Bate CBE FBA | 2004 |
| Nina Bawden CBE | 1970 |
| Martin Bax | 2002 |
| John Bayley CBE FBA | 1967 |
| Sir Christopher Alan Bayly FBA FRHistS | 2005 |
| Dame Gillian Beer DBE FBA | 2006 |
| Antony Beevor | 1999 |
| Rosalind Belben | 1999 |
| Anne Olivier Bell | 1984 |
| Bernard Bergonzi | 1984 |
| Elizabeth Berridge | 1997 |
| Christopher Bigsby | 2000 |
| *Robert Binyon | 2000 |
| Dea Birkett | 2000 |
| Julia Blackburn | 2002 |
| Malorie Blackman | 2009 |
| Ronald Blythe, Benson Medallist | 1970 |
| James T. Boulton FBA | 1969 |
| William Boyd CBE | 1982 |
| Melvyn Bragg (The Lord Bragg FRTS) | 1971 |
| Piers Brendon | 2010 |
| Raymond Briggs | 1993 |
| Robin Briggs | 1999 |
| Michael Brock CBE FRHistS | 1983 |
| Hugh Brogan | 1987 |
| Anita Brookner CBE | 1982 |
| Alan Brownjohn | 1999 |
| James Buchan | 2001 |
| Brian Burland | 1999 |
| John Burnside | 1999 |
| Marilyn Butler FBA | 1989 |
| A. S. Byatt (Dame Antonia Duffy DBE) | 1983 |
| David Cairns | 2001 |
| Carmen Callil | 2010 |
| Sir David Cannadine FBA FRHistS | 1999 |
| John Carey FBA | 1982 |
| Peter Carey | 1989 |
| Sir Raymond Carr FBA FRHistS | 1977 |
| Miranda Carter | 2011 |
| Justin Cartwright | 2002 |
| David Caute | 1998 |
| Glen Cavaliero | 1986 |
| Hugh Cecil | 1997 |
| Aidan Chambers | 2009 |
| Amit Chaudhuri | 2009 |
| Tracy Chevalier | 2008 |
| Anne Chisholm | 1989 |
| Rupert Christiansen | 1997 |
| Kate Clanchy | 2009 |
| Gillian Clarke | 2000 |
| John Clay | 1998 |
| Morton N. Cohen | 1996 |
| Isabel Colegate | 1981 |
| Linda Colley CBE FBA FRHistS | 2004 |
| Tony Connor | 1972 |
| Robert Conquest CMG OBE | 1972 |
| P. J. Conrad | 1974 |
| Peter Conradi | 2010 |
| David Constantine | 2007 |
| Wendy Cope | 1992 |
| John Cornwell | 1985 |
| Jim Crace | 1999 |
| Kevin Crossley-Holland | 1998 |
| Anthony Curtis | 2010 |
| Tony Curtis | 2000 |
| David Dabydeen | 2000 |
| William Dalrymple | 1995 |
| Richard Davenport-Hines | 2003 |
| Lionel Davidson | 1997 |
| Andrew Davies | 1996 |
| Paul Davies | 1999 |
| Stevie Davies | 1998 |
| Dick Davis | 1981 |
| Richard Dawkins FRS | 1997 |
| Louis de Bernières | 2006 |
| Alain de Botton | 2011 |
| Shelagh Delaney | 1985 |
| Anita Desai, Benson Medallist | 1978 |
| Imtiaz Dharker | 2010 |
| Peter Dickinson | 1999 |
| David Dilks FRHistS | 1986 |
| Jenny Diski | 1999 |
| Maura Dooley | 2006 |
| Roddy Doyle | 2003 |
| Dame Margaret Drabble DBE | 1973 |
| Carol Ann Duffy CBE | 1999 |
| Maureen Duffy | 1985 |
| Ian Duhig | 2006 |
| Katherine Duncan-Jones | 1991 |
| Helen Dunmore | 1997 |
| Douglas Dunn OBE | 1981 |
| Jane Dunn | 1999 |
| Nell Dunn | 2004 |
| Geoff Dyer | 2005 |
| *Umberto Eco | 1992 |
| David Edgar | 1985 |
| Max Egremont (The Lord Egremont DL FSA) | 2001 |
| Anne Enright | 2008 |
| Sir Richard Evans FBA FRHistS | 1999 |
| Bernardine Evaristo | 2004 |
| Sir Richard Eyre CBE | 2011 |
| Ruth Fainlight | 2007 |
| Moris Farhi MBE | 2001 |
| Sebastian Faulks CBE | 1994 |
| Elaine Feinstein | 1981 |
| James Fenton | 1983 |
| Adam Fergusson MEP | 2010 |
| Maggie Fergusson | 2007 |
| The Hon William Fiennes | 2009 |
| Orlando Figes | 2003 |
| Anne Fine OBE | 2003 |
| Tibor Fischer | 2003 |
| Roy Fisher | 2005 |
| Margaret Forster | 1974 |
| Richard Fortey | 2010 |
| Roy Foster FBA FRHistS | 1992 |
| Adam Foulds | 2010 |
| Lady Antonia Fraser DBE | 2003 |
| Robert Fraser | 2007 |
| Michael Frayn CLit | 1969 |
| Brian Friel | 1998 |
| Athol Fugard | 1986 |
| John Fuller | 1980 |
| P. N. Furbank | 1992 |
| Paul Fussell | 1977 |
| Mavis Gallant CC | 1989 |
| Jane Gardam OBE | 2005 |
| *Anthony Gardner | 2004 |
| Philip Gardner | 1986 |
| Timothy Garton Ash CMG | 2005 |
| Bamber Gascoigne | 1976 |
| Norman Gash CBE FBA FRHistS | 1973 |
| *The Lord Gavron CBE | 1996 |
| Maggie Gee, Vice-President | 1994 |
| Amitav Ghosh | 2009 |
| Sir Martin Gilbert CBE | 1977 |
| Sir David Gilmour Bt | 1990 |
| Lesley Glaister | 1994 |
| The Hon Victoria Glendinning CBE, Vice-President | 1982 |
| Julian Gloag | 1970 |
| *Martyn Goff CBE | 2002 |
| Magdalen Goffin | 1980 |
| Nadine Gordimer, Benson Medallist | 1975 |
| Lyndall Gordon | 2002 |
| Warwick Gould | 1997 |
| Grey Gowrie (The Earl of Gowrie PC) | 2003 |
| *Günter Grass | 1993 |
| A. C. Grayling | 2006 |
| Peter Green | 1956 |
| Lavinia Greenlaw | 2004 |
| John Gribbin | 1999 |
| Romesh Gunesekera | 2004 |
| Abdulrazak Gurnah | 2006 |
| Tessa Hadley | 2009 |
| John Haffenden FBA | 1986 |
| The Rt Hon William Hague MP | 2009 |
| John Halperin | 1985 |
| Georgina Hammick | 2001 |
| Christopher Hampton CBE | 1976 |
| Barbara Hardy FBA | 1997 |
| Sir David Hare | 1985 |
| Claire Harman | 2006 |
| Richard Harries (The Rt Rev The Lord Harries of Pentregarth) | 1996 |
| Robert Harris | 1996 |
| Wilson Harris | 2007 |
| Tony Harrison | 1984 |
| David Harsent | 1999 |
| Ronald Harwood CBE, Vice-President | 1974 |
| Sir Max Hastings FRHistS | 1996 |
| Lady Selina Hastings | 1994 |
| Roy Hattersley (The Lord Hattersley PC) | 2003 |
| *Václav Havel | 1993 |
| Cameron Hazlehurst | 1973 |
| Shirley Hazzard | 1998 |
| Tim Heald | 2000 |
| Denis Healey (The Lord Healey CH MBE PC) | 1993 |
| *Seamus Heaney CLit | 1991 |
| *Drue Heinz Hon DBE | 2002 |
| Philip Hensher | 1998 |
| Dominic Hibberd | 2002 |
| Geoffrey Hill | 1972 |
| Reginald Hill | 1999 |
| Rosemary Hill | 2009 |
| Tobias Hill | 2011 |
| Bevis Hillier | 1997 |
| Tim Hilton | 1993 |
| Barry Hines | 1977 |
| Russell Hoban | 1988 |
| Mary Hocking | 1977 |
| Eva Hoffman | 2007 |
| Richard Hoggart | 2003 |
| Ursula Holden | 2010 |
| Alan Hollinghurst | 1995 |
| Richard Holmes OBE FBA | 1975 |
| Sir Michael Holroyd CBE CLit FRHistS, President Emeritus | 1968 |
| Park Honan | 1998 |
| Hugh Honour FBA | 1972 |
| Christopher Hope | 1990 |
| Nick Hornby | 1996 |
| Sir Alistair Horne CBE | 1968 |
| Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE | 1991 |
| Philip Howard | 1987 |
| Kathryn Hughes FRHistS | 2006 |
| Shirley Hughes OBE | 2000 |
| Lucy Hughes-Hallett | 2009 |
| Roland Huntford | 2001 |
| Aamer Hussein | 2004 |
| Angela Huth | 1978 |
| Samuel Hynes | 1978 |
| Robert Irwin | 2001 |
| Kazuo Ishiguro OBE | 1989 |
| Ian Jack | 2009 |
| Dan Jacobson | 2007 |
| Clive James | 2010 |
| P. D. James (The Baroness James of Holland Park OBE JP), Vice-President |
1987 |
| Kathleen Jamie | 2009 |
| Deborah Jay | 2005 |
| Alan Jenkins | 2002 |
| Elizabeth Jenkins OBE | 1970 |
| Sir Simon Jenkins | 2003 |
| Liz Jensen | 2005 |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala CBE | 1974 |
| *Paula Johnson | 2008 |
| Jennifer Johnston | 2009 |
| Steve Jones | 2011 |
| Jenny Joseph | 1999 |
| Gabriel Josipovici FBA | 1997 |
| Alan Judd | 1990 |
| Mimi Kalvati | 2009 |
| P. J. Kavanagh | 1986 |
| Jackie Kay | 2002 |
| Jonathan Keates | 1992 |
| H. R. F. Keating | 1990 |
| Sir John Keegan OBE FRHistS | 1986 |
| Laurence Kelly | 2003 |
| Linda Kelly | 2003 |
| Thomas Keneally | 1973 |
| A. L. Kennedy | 1999 |
| *HRH The Duke of Kent KG | 1978 |
| Mimi Khalvati | 2009 |
| Thomas Kilroy | 1972 |
| Matthew Kneale | 2003 |
| Shiv K. Kumar | 1978 |
| Hanif Kureishi CBE | 2008 |
| David Kynaston | 2010 |
| John Lanchester | 2002 |
| Robin Lane Fox | 1974 |
| Lee Langley | 1996 |
| James Lasdun | 2009 |
| Bryony Lavery | 2002 |
| Zachary Leader | 2007 |
| Hermione Lee CBE FBA | 1992 |
| Molly Lefebure | 2010 |
| Brendan Lehane | 1999 |
| Mike Leigh OBE | 2008 |
| Laurence Lerner | 1984 |
| *Doris Lessing CH CLit | 2001 |
| Andrea Levy | 2005 |
| Paul Levy | 1980 |
| Gwyneth Lewis | 1999 |
| Jeremy Lewis | 1992 |
| R. P. Lister | 1970 |
| Penelope Lively CBE | 1985 |
| Samuel Lock | 2001 |
| David Lodge CBE | 1976 |
| Michael Longley | 1988 |
| Roger Lonsdale FBA | 1989 |
| Edward Lucie-Smith | 1964 |
| Andrew Lycett | 2009 |
| Geraldine McCaughrean | 2010 |
| Fiona MacCarthy | 1997 |
| Ian McDonald AA | 1970 |
| Ian McEwan CBE | 1983 |
| Robert Macfarlane | 2010 |
| Roger McGough CBE | 2004 |
| Patrick McGrath | 2002 |
| Denis Mack Smith CBE FBA | 1977 |
| Shena Mackay | 1999 |
| Rory MacLean | 2007 |
| Margaret MacMillan | 2003 |
| Candia McWilliam | 1994 |
| Brenda Maddox | 1999 |
| Noel Malcolm FBA | 1997 |
| David Malouf | 2008 |
| Alberto Manguel | 2010 |
| Philip Mansel | 2010 |
| Hilary Mantel CBE | 1990 |
| Patrick Marber | 2002 |
| Patrick Marnham | 1988 |
| Philip Marsden | 1996 |
| Rosalind Marshall | 1974 |
| Adam Mars-Jones | 2007 |
| Allan Massie | 1982 |
| Douglas Matthews FCLIP, Benson Medallist | 1998 |
| Glyn Maxwell | 1999 |
| Derwent May | 1996 |
| Geraldine McCaughrean | 2010 |
| Ernest Mehew | 1999 |
| Ved Mehta | 2009 |
| Edward Mendelson | 2003 |
| Jeffrey Meyers | 1983 |
| Mary Midgley | 2007 |
| Karl Miller | 1992 |
| Michael Millgate | 1983 |
| Pankaj Mishra | 2008 |
| Rohinton Mistry | 2009 |
| Julian Mitchell | 1985 |
| Deborah Moggach | 1999 |
| Caroline Moorehead OBE | 1993 |
| Edwin Morgan OBE | 2004 |
| Elaine Morgan | 2009 |
| Michael Morpurgo OBE | 2004 |
| Jan Morris CBE | 1961 |
| Blake Morrison | 1988 |
| Nicholas Mosley (The Lord Ravensdale MC) | 1980 |
| Sir Andrew Motion | 1984 |
| Sir Ferdinand Mount Bt | 1991 |
| Paul Muldoon | 1981 |
| Alice Munro | 2002 |
| Richard Murphy | 1968 |
| V. S. Naipaul (Sir Vidia Naipaul CLit) | 1962 |
| Venetia Newall FSA | 1980 |
| Charles Nicholl | 2005 |
| Grace Nichols | 2007 |
| Peter Nichols | 1983 |
| William Nicholson | 1999 |
| Adam Nicolson (The Lord Carnock FSA) | 2005 |
| Vivien Noakes | 1996 |
| The Hon Gerard Noel | 1999 |
| Leslie Norris | 1974 |
| John Julius Norwich (The Viscount Norwich CVO FSA) | 1970 |
| Robert Nye | 1977 |
| Sean O'Brien | 2007 |
| Bernard O'Donoghue | 1999 |
| Julia O'Faolain | 1998 |
| Andrew O'Hagan | 2009 |
| Redmond O'Hanlon | 1993 |
| Ben Okri OBE | 1997 |
| *Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE | 2003 |
| Charles Osborne | 1996 |
| Ewald Osers | 1984 |
| Ruth Padel | 1998 |
| Alan Palmer | 1980 |
| Peter Parker | 1997 |
| Don Paterson | 2004 |
| Jill Paton Walsh | 1996 |
| Brian Patten | 2003 |
| Catherine Peters | 1992 |
| Humphrey Phelps | 1977 |
| Caryl Phillips | 2000 |
| Mike Phillips | 2000 |
| David Plante | 2002 |
| Piers Plowright | 1998 |
| Stephen Poliakoff CBE | 1985 |
| David Pownall | 1976 |
| (Baron) David Profumo | 1995 |
| David Pryce-Jones | 1980 |
| Philip Pullman CBE | 2001 |
| Isabel Quigly | 1989 |
| Craig Raine | 1984 |
| Nicholas Rankin | 2009 |
| Frederic Raphael | 1964 |
| Piers Paul Read | 1972 |
| Anne Redmon | 1980 |
| Joan Rees | 1982 |
| Christopher Reid | 1999 |
| Ruth Rendell (The Baroness Rendell of Babergh CBE) | 1988 |
| Christopher Ricks FBA | 1970 |
| The Hon Professor Jane Ridley | 2007 |
| The Viscount Ridley DL FMedSci | 1999 |
| William Rivière | 2000 |
| Graham Robb | 1999 |
| Andrew Roberts | 2001 |
| Michèle Roberts | 1999 |
| Robin Robertson | 2009 |
| Jane Rogers | 1994 |
| Stephen Romer | 2011 |
| Kenneth Rose CBE | 1976 |
| Jacob Ross | 2006 |
| J. K. Rowling OBE | 2002 |
| Anthony Rudolf | 2005 |
| Carol Rumens | 1984 |
| Sir Salman Rushdie | 1983 |
| Lawrence Sail | 1998 |
| Fiona Sampson | 2010 |
| The Hon Giles St Aubyn LVO | 1964 |
| William St Clair FBA | 1973 |
| *John Saumarez Smith, Benson Medallist | 1996 |
| J. J. Scarisbrick FRHistS | 1969 |
| Ann Schlee | 1997 |
| Michael Schmidt | 1993 |
| *Patricia Schute | 1991 |
| The Rev Professor M.A. Screech FBA | 1989 |
| Roger Scruton FBA | 2003 |
| Peter Scupham | 1990 |
| Simon Sebag Montefiore | 2003 |
| Elisa Segrave | 2001 |
| Richard Sennett | 1999 |
| Vikram Seth CBE | 1994 |
| Miranda Seymour | 1996 |
| Sir Peter Shaffer CBE | 1978 |
| Nicholas Shakespeare | 1999 |
| Kamila Shamsie | 2011 |
| Jo Shapcott | 1999 |
| Norman Sherry | 1985 |
| Elaine Showalter | 2011 |
| Posy Simmonds MBE | 2004 |
| Helen Simpson | 1996 |
| Andrew Sinclair | 1972 |
| Clive Sinclair | 1983 |
| Iain Sinclair | 2009 |
| Robert Skidelsky (The Lord Skidelsky of Tilton FBA FRHistS) | 1978 |
| Ali Smith | 2007 |
| Godfrey Smith | 1995 |
| *Julia Abel Smith DL | 2009 |
| Lacey Baldwin Smith FRHistS | 1972 |
| Zadie Smith | 2002 |
| Mary Soames (The Baroness Soames LG DBE PC) | 2000 |
| Ahdaf Soueif | 2002 |
| *Wole Soyinka, Benson Medallist | 1983 |
| Frances Spalding CBE | 1984 |
| Francis Spufford | 2007 |
| Hilary Spurling CBE | 2005 |
| John Spurling | 2010 |
| Tom Stacey | 1977 |
| Jon Stallworthy FBA | 1971 |
| Martin Stannard | 1999 |
| C. K. Stead ONZ CBE | 1995 |
| George Steiner FBA | 1962 |
| Rory Stewart OBE MP | 2009 |
| Stanley Stewart | 2001 |
| Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE CLit | 1972 |
| Sir Roy Strong FSA | 1999 |
| Kate Summerscale | 2010 |
| Virginia Surtees | 1978 |
| John Sutherland | 1990 |
| Graham Swift | 1984 |
| George Szirtes | 1982 |
| D. J. Taylor | 1997 |
| Emma Tennant (The Hon Mrs Timothy Owens) | 1982 |
| Hugh Thomas (The Lord Thomas of Swynnerton FRHistS) | 1997 |
| Ian Thomson | 2003 |
| Colin Thubron CBE, President | 1969 |
| Ann Thwaite | 1987 |
| Anthony Thwaite OBE | 1978 |
| Gillian Tindall | 1983 |
| Colm Tóibín | 2007 |
| A.Trevor Tolley | 1998 |
| (Count) Nikolai Tolstoy | 1979 |
| Claire Tomalin, Vice-President | 1976 |
| Sue Townsend | 1993 |
| Jeremy Treglown | 1989 |
| Rose Tremain CBE | 1983 |
| Raleigh Trevelyan | 1973 |
| William Trevor CLit Hon KBE | 1976 |
| Lynne Truss | 2004 |
| Eva Tucker | 2010 |
| Jenny Uglow CBE | 1998 |
| Barry Unsworth | 1974 |
| Edward Upward, Benson Medallist | 2005 |
| James Walvin OBE | 2006 |
| Marina Warner CBE FBA | 1984 |
| Val Warner | 1998 |
| Sarah Waters | 2009 |
| Daniel Weissbort | 2008 |
| Fay Weldon CBE | 1986 |
| Robert Wells | 1994 |
| Timberlake Wertenbaker | 1999 |
| Sir Arnold Wesker | 1985 |
| Sara Wheeler | 1999 |
| Hugh Whitemore | 1998 |
| Helen Wilcox | 1999 |
| Hugo Williams | 1988 |
| Nigel Williams | 1994 |
| The Most Revd Rowan Williams PC FBA | 2003 |
| A. N. Wilson | 1982 |
| Frances Wilson | 2008 |
| Dame Jacqueline Wilson DBE | 2005 |
| Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS | 1999 |
| Charles Wood | 1985 |
| Michael Wood | 1992 |
| Gerard Woodward | 2005 |
| Pamela Woof | 1999 |
| Andrew Wright | 1971 |
| Kit Wright | 1997 |
| Ann Wroe FRHistS | 2007 |
| Francis Wyndham | 1999 |
| Adam Zamoyski | 2006 |
| Theodore Zeldin OBE FBA FRHistS | 1999 |
| Philip Ziegler CVO | 1972 |
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