The cohort was announced in addition to 13 honorary fellows including National Black Arts Alliance director SuAndi, amid criticism of the charity earlier this year
Elizabeth Day, Afua Hirsch and Mick Herron are among those named as Royal Society of Literature (RSL) fellows for 2024.
The new cohort of 29 writers, announced at a ceremony held at the Garden Museum, London, also includes Jacqueline Crooks, Guy Gunaratne and Victoria Hislop.