- Tessa Hadley
- John Haffenden FBA
- William Hague MP
- John Halperin
- Georgina Hammick
- Christopher Hampton CBE
- Barbara Hardy FBA
- Sir David Hare
- Claire Harman
- Richard Harries (The Rt Rev Lord Harries of Pentregarth)
- Robert Harris
- Wilson Harris
- Tony Harrison
- David Harsent
- Sir Ronald Harwood CBE, Vice-President
- Sir Max Hastings
- Lady Selina Hastings
- Roy Hattersley (Lord Hattersley)
- Cameron Hazlehurst
- Shirley Hazzard
- Tim Heald
- Denis Healey (Lord Healey CH MBE)
- Philip Hensher
- Dominic Hibberd
- Sir Geoffrey Hill
- Reginald Hill
- Rosemary Hill
- Tobias Hill
- Bevis Hillier
- Tim Hilton
- Barry Hines
- Eric Hobsbawm CH FBA
- Mary Hocking
- Eva Hoffman
- Richard Hoggart
- Ursula Holden
- Alan Hollinghurst
- Richard Holmes OBE FBA
- Sir Michael Holroyd CBE C Lit FRHistS, President
- Park Honan
- Hugh Honour FBA
- Christopher Hope
- Nick Hornby
- Sir Alistair Horne CBE
- Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE
- Philip Howard
- Kathryn Hughes FRHistS
- Shirley Hughes OBE
- Lucy Hughes-Hallett
- Roland Huntford
- Aamer Hussein
- Angela Huth
- Samuel Hynes
Lucy Hughes-Hallett – Year of election 2009
Lucy Hughes-Hallett is the author of two widely praised non-fiction books, one which uses the story of Cleopatra to explore two millennia of sexual fantasy and racial prejudice, the other on heroes, and the seduction of greatness. Her new book, out later this year, is on the Italian poet Gabriele d’Annunzio. She is also a regular reviewer and literary journalist. She describes herself as “always looking for new ways of containing reality in words”, and says that, “the non-fiction I most admire – and that I aspire to write - is as flexible and inventive as fiction.”