Honorary Fellows
Honorary Fellows are those who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of literature as publishers, agents, librarians, booksellers or producers, or who have rendered special service to the Society.
Julia Abel Smith
Elected: 2008
Melanie Abrahams
Elected: 2020
Image credit: Lyndon Douglas
Sandra Agard
Elected: 2022
Clare Alexander
Elected: 2021
David Altaras
Elected: 1996
Linda Anderson
Elected: 2020
Image credit: Phyllis Christopher
Adjoa Andoh
Elected: 2022
Suresh Ariaratnam
Elected: 2022
Syima Aslam
Elected: 2019
Neil Astley
Elected: 2018
Image credit: Adrian Pope
Pete Ayrton
Elected: 2019
Image credit: Max Farrar
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
Elected: 2019
Nick Barley
Elected: 2018
Nicola Beauman
Elected: 2022
Sharmilla Beezmohun
Elected: 2019
Xandra Bingley
Elected: 2019
Julie Blake
Elected: 2022
Ruth Borthwick
Elected: 2018
Mair Bosworth
Elected: 2020
Tony Brown
Elected: 2020
Jenny Brown
Elected: 2021
Image credit: Sandy Young Photography
Margaret Busby
Elected: 2017
Liz Calder
Elected: 2018
David Campbell
Elected: 2018
Image credit: Adrian Pope
Colin Chisholm
Elected: 2018
Image credit: Adrian Pope
Michael Codron
Elected: 2019
Gill Coleridge
Elected: 2021
Image credit: Liz Seabrook
Jon Cook
Elected: 2021
Steve Cook
Elected: 2022
James Daunt
Elected: 2017
Kwame Dawes
Elected: 2018
Steve Dearden
Elected: 2022
Jonathan Douglas
Elected: 2021
Peter Florence
Elected: 2018
Joy Francis
Elected: 2022
Image credit: Adrianne McKenzie
Andrew Franklin
Elected: 2018
Dan Franklin
Elected: 2019
Anthony Gardner
Elected: 2004
Helen Garnons-Williams
Elected: 2022
Kate Gavron
Elected: 2020
David Godwin
Elected: 2020
Lennie Goodings
Elected: 2020
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Victoria Gray
Elected: 2021
Jane Gregory
Elected: 2022
Barbara Hayes
Elected: 2018
Christie Hickman
Elected: 2022
Andrew Holgate
Elected: 2020
Richard Hollis
Elected: 2019
Sarah Hosking
Elected: 2021
Image credit: John Robertson
Nicholas Hytner
Elected: 2019
Image credit: Johan Persson
Derek Johns
Elected: 2018
Image credit: Adam Shamsul
Paula Johnson
Elected: 2008
Nicolette Jones
Elected: 2022
Roly Keating
Elected: 2018
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
Elected: 2018
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HRH The Duke of Kent
Elected: 1978
HM The King
Elected: 2002
Sharmaine Lovegrove
Elected: 2021
Christopher MacLehose
Elected: 2021
Shirley May
Elected: 2020
Julian May
Elected: 2022
Susheila Nasta
Elected: 2019
Alastair Niven
Elected: 2021
Sir Christopher Ondaatje
Elected: 2003
Deirdre Osborne
Elected: 2022
Ursula Owen
Elected: 2020
Stephen Page
Elected: 2019
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Polly Pattullo
Elected: 2022
Ruthie Petrie
Elected: 2021
Jeremy Poynting
Elected: 2018
Alexandra Pringle
Elected: 2017
Stuart Proffitt
Elected: 2019
Simon Prosser
Elected: 2021
Fiammetta Rocco
Elected: 2021
Dick Russell
Elected: 2018
Marina Salandy-Brown
Elected: 2020
Sarah Sanders
Elected: 2020
Patricia Schute
Elected: 1991
Kadija Sesay
Elected: 2021
William Sieghart
Elected: 2019
Nicola Solomon
Elected: 2019
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Wole Soyinka
Elected: 1983
Di Speirs
Elected: 2022
Nicholas Spice
Elected: 2019
Tom Sutcliffe
Elected: 2020
David Sutton
Elected: 2012
Nathalie Teitler
Elected: 2018
Image credit: Adrian Pope
Boyd Tonkin
Elected: 2020
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
Elected: 2019
Image credit: Charlie Hopkinson
Mary-Kay Wilmers
Elected: 2017
Gaby Wood
Elected: 2021
Image credit: Clara Molden
Lola Young, Baroness of Hornsey
Elected: 2020
