Skip to content

Birthday Honours 2026

Honours by year Honours & awards Honours by topic Honours by location Honours by occupation Honours by organisation Military honours Honoured more than once

Stories Shop Ask a question

Analysis How to Nominate Identifiers

Search honourees by name

Home
Occupations
Author

Occupation

Author

80 UK honours recipients recorded as author.

Awards over time

Honours awarded to recipients recorded as author, by year and award tier.

Filter

Sort by

Award

Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire32Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire21Member Of The Order Of The British Empire11Knight Bachelor8Dame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire3Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire2Order Of The Companions Of Honour2Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire1

Year

20261202532024320231202262021220204201962018320174201622015220123201112010220092200812007320012200041999219982199511992119911199021984119811197921977119751197411973219722197031968119531

Time range

–

Region

Greater London9West Sussex3East Sussex2City of Edinburgh1County Durham1Cynon, Taff1Gloucestershire1Surrey1Tyne and Wear1West Yorkshire1

80 people

2026

Officer (OBE)

Peter James
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pulborough, West Sussex

2025

Dame

Jacqueline Wilson
Person
Knight Or Dame Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Polegate, East Sussex
Patricia Barker
Person
Dame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Durham, County Durham

Knight

Alan Hollinghurst
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London

2024

Commander (CBE)

Jung Chang
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
Katherine Mosse
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Chichester, West Sussex

Dame

Jilly Cooper
Person
Dame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Stroud, Gloucestershire

2023

Knight

Martin Amis
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London

2022

Member (MBE)

Adele Parks
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Guildford, Surrey

Officer (OBE)

Ann Cleeves
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
Joanne Harris
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Jon Davis
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2022
London, Greater London

Commander (CBE)

Ahmed Rushdie
Person
Order Of The Companions Of Honour · 2022
London, Greater London

Knight

Ian Rankin
Person
Knight Bachelor · 2022
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

2021

Member (MBE)

Kevin Maxwell
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
Patrice Lawrence
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex

2020

Member (MBE)

David Burns
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
Horsham, West Sussex
Louise Joseph, (dreda Say Mitchell)
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London
Martin Bailey
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London

Officer (OBE)

Bernardine Evaristo
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2020
London, Greater London

2019

Officer (OBE)

Sarah Waters
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
London
Theresa Breslin
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
Dunbartonshire

Commander (CBE)

James Grant, (lee Child)
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
East Sussex
Joanna Trollope
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2019
London

Exploring the stories behind the UK Birthday and New Year Honours lists.

Explore

Home
Honour lists by year
Honours and awards
Honours by topic
Stories
Analysis & trends
Register interest
How to nominate
Keepsakes & gifts
Forfeited honours
Ask a question
Identifiers & vocabularies

Data sources

The London Gazette
Cabinet Office / Honours secretariat
Wikipedia & Wikidata

Privacy Policy Your data Complaints Returns Policy How to cite Legal & Terms

© 2026 Honoria. An independent record, sourced from publicly available data - not an official or royal body.

Operated by Symantix Ltd (Company No. 05672247), registered in England and Wales.