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68 UK honours recipients recorded as writer.

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68 people

2026

Dame

Julia Catherine Donaldson
Person
Dame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex

2025

Member (MBE)

Jeffrey Pope
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Brentwood, Essex

2024

Member (MBE)

Jamila Gavin
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Stroud, Gloucestershire

Commander (CBE)

Armando Giovanni Iannucci
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Monica
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London

2023

BEM

Jessie Smith
Person
British Empire Medal · 2023
Crieff, Perth and Kinross
Molly Watts
Person
British Empire Medal · 2023
Southampton, Hampshire

Member (MBE)

Edson Burton
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Easton, City of Bristol
Francesca Simon
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London

2021

BEM

Kenneth Taylor
Person
British Empire Medal · 2021
Oldham, Greater Manchester

Member (MBE)

Irenosen Iseghohi Okojie
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London

2018

Commander (CBE)

Jeanette Winterson
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2018
Gloucestershire

2017

BEM

Elizabeth Hueston
Person
British Empire Medal · 2017
Antrim

Commander (CBE)

David Smith
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2017
Vale of Glamorgan

2015

Commander (CBE)

Ali Smith,
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2015
Cambridgeshire

2013

Officer (OBE)

Jacqueline Jill Collins
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013

2009

Officer (OBE)

Kay Mellor
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2009
West Yorkshire

2008

Member (MBE)

Alex Alphonso Wheatle
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
London

Officer (OBE)

Malorie Blackman
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2008
Kent

2007

Commander (CBE)

Alexander McCall Smith
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2007
Hilary Susan Spurling
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2007

2006

Member (MBE)

Neville Teller
Person
Member Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006

Officer (OBE)

Jeanette Winterson
Person
Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006

Commander (CBE)

Hilary Mary Mantel
Person
Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2006

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