He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
for his services to literature in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
He was a non-civil service member for the Arts & Media
Committee for the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List. (June 2006)
Poet and Novelist. He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours List for his services to Literature. He is a poet and novelist in London, England.