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We believe that a strong match between a storyteller and their biographer is essential to the creation of a great StoryTerrace book, so we are building a large pool of writers with diverse experience and backgrounds.
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Our writers are journalists and authors recruited from leading newspapers, world-famous publishing houses, and the most prestigious creative writing and journalism programs.
Kate
Kate entered the publishing industry via in-house foreign rights in a literary agency, moving on to academic editorial and landing in hugely commercial non-fiction agenting for the past nine years. As an agent, she worked predominantly with talent-led and celebrity memoirs, autobiographies and biographies, as well as a broad spectrum of music, history and sport titles, and was instrumental in the success of some of the biggest non-fiction bestsellers of the last few years. Bringing out the true essence and emotion of someone’s story is her bread and butter, and she’s passionate about honest, resonating storytelling. In her free time, Kate loves theatre, travel, snow sports and sampling London’s ever-growing restaurant selection.
Patric
Patric Morgan is a multi-award-winning and bestselling author and ghostwriter whose work has been read by millions, both in print and online. Specialising in memoirs, he has over 20 years of professional writing experience. He has written books and screenplays for high profile celebrities but being able to capture and retell the lives of individuals is one of the greatest services and honours he feels he can offer. As one client once told him, ‘When I’m gone, I’ll be able to speak directly to my descendants through my book.’
Aude
Aude Konan is a writer and workshop facilitator. Aude’s first novel was published by the publishing company Dagan. Aude designs and leads creative communications training and workshops for Expedia, UK Black Pride, Amnesty International, Stonewall, Livity, etc. She writes scripts and directs films. Her newest short film, Pearls, was selected at Bafta-qualifying festival Iris Prize, Wxool festival, and more. Her articles has been published in magazines such as Complex UK, Style Caster, Gal-Dem, Okay Africa, and The Guardian. She likes traveling, swimming, learning new languages and going to the museum.
Julian
Julian Gyll-Murray is a bilingual award-winning novelist and short story writer from Brussels. He studied Creative Writing at Warwick University and has had success in a range of genres, including international amazon-bestselling fantasy novels and prize winning thrillers. He has published short fiction and articles in a variety of outlets: most notably, his work was included in 24 Stories, a collection of pieces published to raise money for the Grenfell community. He is passionate about history, travel and stories of people overcoming hardship.
Jami
As a professional ghostwriter and business content editor, Jami has worked with busy CEOs, founders, and success coaches to bring their vision to a wider audience through books, blogs, and articles. She is a ghostwriter for Forbes Books and Book Launchers, and a member of the Association of Ghostwriters. She also has a passion for content in the Mind & Spirit and personal development genres. She edited the U.S. version of You are the Power: Choose to Create the Life You Desire, a memoir and guide to overcoming adversity. She was also a contributor to The 52 Weeks: Two Women and Their Quest to Get Unstuck, a women’s guide to midlife.
Dettie
Dettie, writing as DG Coutinho, is an award-winning author, spoken word performer, and lifelong defender of human rights. Her writing career took flight when she won the Bloody Scotland Harvill Secker Crime Writing Award in 2021, paving the way for her twisty, satirical thriller The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin, published in hardback in August 2024 and now out in paperback with Vintage. As a published novelist, ghostwriter, and curator, Dettie excels at crafting compelling narratives that blend imagination with lived experience. Beyond the page, she performs spoken word under the name DGC and proudly co-founded and MC’d Boisterous Ravens, a vibrant spoken word platform spotlighting Black, Brown, and Global Majority voices. In collaboration with NAZ Project London, she co-authored the children’s book Activists In Action: Prudence Mabele, celebrating the groundbreaking South African AIDS activist. Her creative work spans short stories, scriptwriting, and ongoing fiction projects, including her novel Prodigal Honey, longlisted for the Exeter Novel Prize in 2015. She is Proud of her South Asian Indian and West African heritage, she feels lucky that she is able to draw on both cultures to enrich her storytelling. When Dettie is not writing or performing, you’ll find her eating anything with cheese in it or on it, obsessing over Liverpool football club, or defending her title as a virulent coffee snob.
Ffion
Ffion is a journalist, writer and editor, and book author. She lived in Canada for 20+ years, travelling and working from coast to coast. She's also explored places and people's stories in the USA, Mexico, Italy, France and Croatia. She now lives in Wales, where she enjoys speaking the language, and hearing even more stories. Ffion enjoys finding out what makes people 'tick': from managing a multi-national business, coping with a life-changing accident, or the joy of being a dog walker. She's also worked for UNICEF, UNESCO and BCUK.
Elaine
Elaine has over 25 years’ experience in publishing as an editor, commissioning editor, development editor and publisher. Born and raised in Bristol with degrees in History and Law, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Elaine worked as a paralegal for a commercial law firm in London and then in various publishing roles for professional law publishers. Moving from the hustle and bustle of London to rural Oxfordshire, Elaine worked for publishers on professional, vocational and educational texts. At Oxford University Press, she set up and managed a team of development editors working on new works and major new editions. For the last 15 years, Elaine has been working as a freelance editor on vocational, academic and educational texts for a range of publishers. Her interests include travel and award-winning photography which she was able to combine some years ago on a six-month sabbatical to travel the world. When she isn’t busy with her two children, she enjoys reading, cycling, walking her dog around the country lanes of her village, coffee with friends and volunteering for local charities.
LiYing
LiYing is a multilingual Malaysian-born Chinese. She currently resides in Edinburgh, Scotland after many years of travelling and living in different cities such as Manchester, Paris and Hong Kong. A former Beauty Editor of Harper’s BAZAAR and Senior Digital Content Manager at South China Morning Post, her life has always been governed by her passion for writing fiction and poetry, stories that inspire and transform the human heart, luxury, and beauty, all of which informs and influences the ceremonial spaces where she also now creates and guides others to their greatest transformation and ownership of their creatorship in her work as a Tea Ceremony Artist. She writes primarily in English, but has experience in translating from the languages of Mandarin, Cantonese, and Malay.
Liz
Liz is a natural storyteller and lifelong wordsmith, but most of all, a really great listener. She has spent the past 20 years writing for women's magazines and immersing herself in tales of people from all walks of life. She believes our stories are what make us who we are, and she loves getting to know the narratives that live beneath the skins of strangers. She's trodden an interesting and varied path that's led her to where she is now - a single mum of a wonderful 10-year-old boy. In her spare time she loves to play the piano, sing, crochet granny squares, and her entire wardrobe is from the 1960s and 1970s.
Johanie
Johanie Cools is a development and copy editor, proofreader, and sensitivity reader with a lifelong passion for storytelling. She knows that the best type of editors want the best for their client’s stories. As an editor, Johanie believes that her job is to maintain her clients’ voices throughout their work and not her own. She has edited for indie authors and publishers and has worked with big-name publishers like Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Sourcebooks, and more. Throughout her seven-year career, she has worked with 16 best-selling authors. As an alumnus of Tessera Editorial, Johanie has completed their mentorship program and is a professionally trained editor. She holds a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Vanguard University. When she’s not editing manuscripts or writing style sheets, Johanie enjoys playing board games and trivia nights with her friends.
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Lorin
Lorin Oberweger is a highly sought-after book editor and ghostwriter with more than two decades of experience in publishing. Her clients have been published by every major trade house in the US, have gained representation with some of the industry’s leading literary agents, and have had work optioned for film and television. An award-winning author, Lorin has co-written and ghostwritten eight traditionally published books, several for New York Times bestselling authors of fiction and nonfiction. Her work, commissioned by major publishers, has received glowing notices from the New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, NPR, and others. Her latest co-author credit is THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK, written with Chris Anderson, director of TED Conferences.
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Andrea
Collaborative and developmental editor with an eye for the big picture as well as the details, Andrea Vinley Converse works with high-profile authors, ghost writers, and traditional publishers, as well as first-time writers. She started her career in journalism, working a decade at a publishing group with multiple periodicals and nearly 2 million subscribers. When she shifted to nonfiction books, she found a real love for working closely with authors throughout the editorial process. Naturally curious, she loves digging until she finds the heart of a book and helping authors clarify their message, improve their writing, and engage readers with compelling stories. Her clients include HarperCollins, Hay House, and Tyndale, as well as authors with Hachette, Little Brown, Bethany House, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, and St. Martin’s Griffin.
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Keyren
Keyren Gerlach Burgess is an expert editor with over two decades of top-tier experience in the publishing world. She believes a great story transcends genre, and while she cut her teeth on romance during her eight years at Harlequin’s New York office, she enjoys editing across the board. After Harlequin, and a brief stint at Entangled, Keyren launched her own editorial business, regularly partnering with HarperCollins/Harlequin, Amazon Publishing, and Kirkus Media for editing projects. Her career includes work with New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins and popular romance writers Marie Ferrarella, Carla Cassidy, and Karen Whiddon. And she’s edited such notable nonfiction titles as Kristal Brent Zook’s The Girl in the Yellow Poncho and the upcoming memoir of top international hepatologist Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, better known on social media as The Liver Doc. Keyren loves working one-on-one with authors, helping them polish their manuscripts until they’re ready for publication. She brings a nurturing yet no-nonsense approach, connecting with writers at all levels, from NYT bestsellers to those just starting out. She understands that the editor-author relationship is built on trust, and it’s an honor she doesn’t take lightly. Keyren’s editorial process is thorough and meticulous. She identifies not only big-picture issues such as structure, flow, and tone, but also the finer nuances of voice and meaning, ensuring the story not only mirrors what’s in the author’s heart but resonates with readers too.
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Hugh
Hugh Barker is a freelance editor and writer. He has 23 years of publishing experience, specifically within commissioning, editing, writing, selling and creating books. He is currently working on a range of freelance writing and editing projects (including titles on humour, popular science, history and business) for publishers including Ebury, Atlantic, Michael O’Mara, Constable & Robinson and Elwin Street. His most recent in-house post was as Publishing Director (Adult) for Michael O'Mara Books, managing a hugely profitable list of commercial titles ranging across practical art, biography, business, popular science, humour, gift and trivia, business, self-help, design, reference. Prior to this, he was commissioning editor for the Constable list (now part of Hachette), as well as acquiring additional fiction and non-fiction titles for special sales channels.
Anthony
Anthony Szpak started standup comedy at sixteen years old. He has appeared on Comedy Central and sold television scripts to 20th Century Fox, Castlerock Entertainment, and the FX network. Anthony holds an MFA from Columbia University and has ghostwritten award-winning memoirs, novels, and poetry collections. For ten years, he taught gifted kids in Colorado. He now lives in London with his fiancée and their rescue dog, Sunny.
Mabinty
Mabinty is a self-published poet and copywriter with a knack for using cleverly crafted words to tell stories and create heart-warming content. With over 7 years writing experience, Mabinty is able to turn words into stories and believes we should celebrate the essence of who we are. This is what informs her writing style and process.
Soraya
Born into a multicultural family in Alexandria, Egypt, Soraya has spent most of her life translating the intricate cultural barriers of her childhood into nuanced narratives about fascinating characters she’s encountered. An award-winning short story author, she’s also written and blogged extensively about street art and culture, and feels most comfortable when travelling alone, immersing herself in local cultures around the world and attempting her best to communicate with empathy and curiosity whenever language barriers arise. She prefers being barefoot on sand whenever possible.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's pen name is Betsy Cole. She is a married mother of four humans and three fur-babies. With an MA in Anthropology- a focus on folklore studies, and a minor in Creative Writing, her passion has always been reading and writing. She has been a professional writer for over twenty years, on a variety of diverse projects. She specializes in storytelling and content creation. As a published novelist with over two decades of ghostwriting experience, her favorite tales are inspirational.
Colleen
Colleen is an award-winning journalist, author and podcast host. She specializes in sharing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, especially those who have built companies from scratch and made lasting marks on industries, audiences and sometimes the world (or at least, their corner of it). As the former small business editor of The Wall Street Journal, she has interviewed hundreds of business leaders and enjoyed hearing all about the rewards, challenges and quirks of entrepreneurship, with the personal observation that the quirks (or stumbling blocks or miscues) tend to be the most fascinating part of the story. In recent years, Colleen has served as executive editor of The Story Exchange, a media platform that elevates the voices of entrepreneurial women, so she has a special spot in her heart for women who sometimes need to fight extra hard to succeed in business (or politics or athletics or any number of fields). In fact, it's the preserving and sharing of these stories that Colleen is drawn to, as she knows it will inspire the next generation. Colleen has also served as an editor at Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek and SmartMoney. She is the author of two books, The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook (Random House) and Inc.'s Start a Successful Business. She is a resident of Long Island's East End, where she enjoys baking, sailing and keeping up with her twin daughters.
Kate
Kate entered the publishing industry via in-house foreign rights in a literary agency, moving on to academic editorial and landing in hugely commercial non-fiction agenting for the past nine years. As an agent, she worked predominantly with talent-led and celebrity memoirs, autobiographies and biographies, as well as a broad spectrum of music, history and sport titles, and was instrumental in the success of some of the biggest non-fiction bestsellers of the last few years. Bringing out the true essence and emotion of someone’s story is her bread and butter, and she’s passionate about honest, resonating storytelling. In her free time, Kate loves theatre, travel, snow sports and sampling London’s ever-growing restaurant selection.
Patric
Patric Morgan is a multi-award-winning and bestselling author and ghostwriter whose work has been read by millions, both in print and online. Specialising in memoirs, he has over 20 years of professional writing experience. He has written books and screenplays for high profile celebrities but being able to capture and retell the lives of individuals is one of the greatest services and honours he feels he can offer. As one client once told him, ‘When I’m gone, I’ll be able to speak directly to my descendants through my book.’
Aude
Aude Konan is a writer and workshop facilitator. Aude’s first novel was published by the publishing company Dagan. Aude designs and leads creative communications training and workshops for Expedia, UK Black Pride, Amnesty International, Stonewall, Livity, etc. She writes scripts and directs films. Her newest short film, Pearls, was selected at Bafta-qualifying festival Iris Prize, Wxool festival, and more. Her articles has been published in magazines such as Complex UK, Style Caster, Gal-Dem, Okay Africa, and The Guardian. She likes traveling, swimming, learning new languages and going to the museum.
Julian
Julian Gyll-Murray is a bilingual award-winning novelist and short story writer from Brussels. He studied Creative Writing at Warwick University and has had success in a range of genres, including international amazon-bestselling fantasy novels and prize winning thrillers. He has published short fiction and articles in a variety of outlets: most notably, his work was included in 24 Stories, a collection of pieces published to raise money for the Grenfell community. He is passionate about history, travel and stories of people overcoming hardship.
Jami
As a professional ghostwriter and business content editor, Jami has worked with busy CEOs, founders, and success coaches to bring their vision to a wider audience through books, blogs, and articles. She is a ghostwriter for Forbes Books and Book Launchers, and a member of the Association of Ghostwriters. She also has a passion for content in the Mind & Spirit and personal development genres. She edited the U.S. version of You are the Power: Choose to Create the Life You Desire, a memoir and guide to overcoming adversity. She was also a contributor to The 52 Weeks: Two Women and Their Quest to Get Unstuck, a women’s guide to midlife.
Dettie
Dettie, writing as DG Coutinho, is an award-winning author, spoken word performer, and lifelong defender of human rights. Her writing career took flight when she won the Bloody Scotland Harvill Secker Crime Writing Award in 2021, paving the way for her twisty, satirical thriller The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin, published in hardback in August 2024 and now out in paperback with Vintage. As a published novelist, ghostwriter, and curator, Dettie excels at crafting compelling narratives that blend imagination with lived experience. Beyond the page, she performs spoken word under the name DGC and proudly co-founded and MC’d Boisterous Ravens, a vibrant spoken word platform spotlighting Black, Brown, and Global Majority voices. In collaboration with NAZ Project London, she co-authored the children’s book Activists In Action: Prudence Mabele, celebrating the groundbreaking South African AIDS activist. Her creative work spans short stories, scriptwriting, and ongoing fiction projects, including her novel Prodigal Honey, longlisted for the Exeter Novel Prize in 2015. She is Proud of her South Asian Indian and West African heritage, she feels lucky that she is able to draw on both cultures to enrich her storytelling. When Dettie is not writing or performing, you’ll find her eating anything with cheese in it or on it, obsessing over Liverpool football club, or defending her title as a virulent coffee snob.
Ffion
Ffion is a journalist, writer and editor, and book author. She lived in Canada for 20+ years, travelling and working from coast to coast. She's also explored places and people's stories in the USA, Mexico, Italy, France and Croatia. She now lives in Wales, where she enjoys speaking the language, and hearing even more stories. Ffion enjoys finding out what makes people 'tick': from managing a multi-national business, coping with a life-changing accident, or the joy of being a dog walker. She's also worked for UNICEF, UNESCO and BCUK.
Elaine
Elaine has over 25 years’ experience in publishing as an editor, commissioning editor, development editor and publisher. Born and raised in Bristol with degrees in History and Law, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Elaine worked as a paralegal for a commercial law firm in London and then in various publishing roles for professional law publishers. Moving from the hustle and bustle of London to rural Oxfordshire, Elaine worked for publishers on professional, vocational and educational texts. At Oxford University Press, she set up and managed a team of development editors working on new works and major new editions. For the last 15 years, Elaine has been working as a freelance editor on vocational, academic and educational texts for a range of publishers. Her interests include travel and award-winning photography which she was able to combine some years ago on a six-month sabbatical to travel the world. When she isn’t busy with her two children, she enjoys reading, cycling, walking her dog around the country lanes of her village, coffee with friends and volunteering for local charities.
LiYing
LiYing is a multilingual Malaysian-born Chinese. She currently resides in Edinburgh, Scotland after many years of travelling and living in different cities such as Manchester, Paris and Hong Kong. A former Beauty Editor of Harper’s BAZAAR and Senior Digital Content Manager at South China Morning Post, her life has always been governed by her passion for writing fiction and poetry, stories that inspire and transform the human heart, luxury, and beauty, all of which informs and influences the ceremonial spaces where she also now creates and guides others to their greatest transformation and ownership of their creatorship in her work as a Tea Ceremony Artist. She writes primarily in English, but has experience in translating from the languages of Mandarin, Cantonese, and Malay.
Liz
Liz is a natural storyteller and lifelong wordsmith, but most of all, a really great listener. She has spent the past 20 years writing for women's magazines and immersing herself in tales of people from all walks of life. She believes our stories are what make us who we are, and she loves getting to know the narratives that live beneath the skins of strangers. She's trodden an interesting and varied path that's led her to where she is now - a single mum of a wonderful 10-year-old boy. In her spare time she loves to play the piano, sing, crochet granny squares, and her entire wardrobe is from the 1960s and 1970s.
Johanie
Johanie Cools is a development and copy editor, proofreader, and sensitivity reader with a lifelong passion for storytelling. She knows that the best type of editors want the best for their client’s stories. As an editor, Johanie believes that her job is to maintain her clients’ voices throughout their work and not her own. She has edited for indie authors and publishers and has worked with big-name publishers like Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Sourcebooks, and more. Throughout her seven-year career, she has worked with 16 best-selling authors. As an alumnus of Tessera Editorial, Johanie has completed their mentorship program and is a professionally trained editor. She holds a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Vanguard University. When she’s not editing manuscripts or writing style sheets, Johanie enjoys playing board games and trivia nights with her friends.
Lorin
Lorin Oberweger is a highly sought-after book editor and ghostwriter with more than two decades of experience in publishing. Her clients have been published by every major trade house in the US, have gained representation with some of the industry’s leading literary agents, and have had work optioned for film and television. An award-winning author, Lorin has co-written and ghostwritten eight traditionally published books, several for New York Times bestselling authors of fiction and nonfiction. Her work, commissioned by major publishers, has received glowing notices from the New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, NPR, and others. Her latest co-author credit is THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK, written with Chris Anderson, director of TED Conferences.
Andrea
Collaborative and developmental editor with an eye for the big picture as well as the details, Andrea Vinley Converse works with high-profile authors, ghost writers, and traditional publishers, as well as first-time writers. She started her career in journalism, working a decade at a publishing group with multiple periodicals and nearly 2 million subscribers. When she shifted to nonfiction books, she found a real love for working closely with authors throughout the editorial process. Naturally curious, she loves digging until she finds the heart of a book and helping authors clarify their message, improve their writing, and engage readers with compelling stories. Her clients include HarperCollins, Hay House, and Tyndale, as well as authors with Hachette, Little Brown, Bethany House, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, and St. Martin’s Griffin.
Keyren
Keyren Gerlach Burgess is an expert editor with over two decades of top-tier experience in the publishing world. She believes a great story transcends genre, and while she cut her teeth on romance during her eight years at Harlequin’s New York office, she enjoys editing across the board. After Harlequin, and a brief stint at Entangled, Keyren launched her own editorial business, regularly partnering with HarperCollins/Harlequin, Amazon Publishing, and Kirkus Media for editing projects. Her career includes work with New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins and popular romance writers Marie Ferrarella, Carla Cassidy, and Karen Whiddon. And she’s edited such notable nonfiction titles as Kristal Brent Zook’s The Girl in the Yellow Poncho and the upcoming memoir of top international hepatologist Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, better known on social media as The Liver Doc. Keyren loves working one-on-one with authors, helping them polish their manuscripts until they’re ready for publication. She brings a nurturing yet no-nonsense approach, connecting with writers at all levels, from NYT bestsellers to those just starting out. She understands that the editor-author relationship is built on trust, and it’s an honor she doesn’t take lightly. Keyren’s editorial process is thorough and meticulous. She identifies not only big-picture issues such as structure, flow, and tone, but also the finer nuances of voice and meaning, ensuring the story not only mirrors what’s in the author’s heart but resonates with readers too.
Hugh
Hugh Barker is a freelance editor and writer. He has 23 years of publishing experience, specifically within commissioning, editing, writing, selling and creating books. He is currently working on a range of freelance writing and editing projects (including titles on humour, popular science, history and business) for publishers including Ebury, Atlantic, Michael O’Mara, Constable & Robinson and Elwin Street. His most recent in-house post was as Publishing Director (Adult) for Michael O'Mara Books, managing a hugely profitable list of commercial titles ranging across practical art, biography, business, popular science, humour, gift and trivia, business, self-help, design, reference. Prior to this, he was commissioning editor for the Constable list (now part of Hachette), as well as acquiring additional fiction and non-fiction titles for special sales channels.
Anthony
Anthony Szpak started standup comedy at sixteen years old. He has appeared on Comedy Central and sold television scripts to 20th Century Fox, Castlerock Entertainment, and the FX network. Anthony holds an MFA from Columbia University and has ghostwritten award-winning memoirs, novels, and poetry collections. For ten years, he taught gifted kids in Colorado. He now lives in London with his fiancée and their rescue dog, Sunny.
Mabinty
Mabinty is a self-published poet and copywriter with a knack for using cleverly crafted words to tell stories and create heart-warming content. With over 7 years writing experience, Mabinty is able to turn words into stories and believes we should celebrate the essence of who we are. This is what informs her writing style and process.
Soraya
Born into a multicultural family in Alexandria, Egypt, Soraya has spent most of her life translating the intricate cultural barriers of her childhood into nuanced narratives about fascinating characters she’s encountered. An award-winning short story author, she’s also written and blogged extensively about street art and culture, and feels most comfortable when travelling alone, immersing herself in local cultures around the world and attempting her best to communicate with empathy and curiosity whenever language barriers arise. She prefers being barefoot on sand whenever possible.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's pen name is Betsy Cole. She is a married mother of four humans and three fur-babies. With an MA in Anthropology- a focus on folklore studies, and a minor in Creative Writing, her passion has always been reading and writing. She has been a professional writer for over twenty years, on a variety of diverse projects. She specializes in storytelling and content creation. As a published novelist with over two decades of ghostwriting experience, her favorite tales are inspirational.
Colleen
Colleen is an award-winning journalist, author and podcast host. She specializes in sharing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, especially those who have built companies from scratch and made lasting marks on industries, audiences and sometimes the world (or at least, their corner of it). As the former small business editor of The Wall Street Journal, she has interviewed hundreds of business leaders and enjoyed hearing all about the rewards, challenges and quirks of entrepreneurship, with the personal observation that the quirks (or stumbling blocks or miscues) tend to be the most fascinating part of the story. In recent years, Colleen has served as executive editor of The Story Exchange, a media platform that elevates the voices of entrepreneurial women, so she has a special spot in her heart for women who sometimes need to fight extra hard to succeed in business (or politics or athletics or any number of fields). In fact, it's the preserving and sharing of these stories that Colleen is drawn to, as she knows it will inspire the next generation. Colleen has also served as an editor at Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek and SmartMoney. She is the author of two books, The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook (Random House) and Inc.'s Start a Successful Business. She is a resident of Long Island's East End, where she enjoys baking, sailing and keeping up with her twin daughters.
Kate
Kate entered the publishing industry via in-house foreign rights in a literary agency, moving on to academic editorial and landing in hugely commercial non-fiction agenting for the past nine years. As an agent, she worked predominantly with talent-led and celebrity memoirs, autobiographies and biographies, as well as a broad spectrum of music, history and sport titles, and was instrumental in the success of some of the biggest non-fiction bestsellers of the last few years. Bringing out the true essence and emotion of someone’s story is her bread and butter, and she’s passionate about honest, resonating storytelling. In her free time, Kate loves theatre, travel, snow sports and sampling London’s ever-growing restaurant selection.
Patric
Patric Morgan is a multi-award-winning and bestselling author and ghostwriter whose work has been read by millions, both in print and online. Specialising in memoirs, he has over 20 years of professional writing experience. He has written books and screenplays for high profile celebrities but being able to capture and retell the lives of individuals is one of the greatest services and honours he feels he can offer. As one client once told him, ‘When I’m gone, I’ll be able to speak directly to my descendants through my book.’
Aude
Aude Konan is a writer and workshop facilitator. Aude’s first novel was published by the publishing company Dagan. Aude designs and leads creative communications training and workshops for Expedia, UK Black Pride, Amnesty International, Stonewall, Livity, etc. She writes scripts and directs films. Her newest short film, Pearls, was selected at Bafta-qualifying festival Iris Prize, Wxool festival, and more. Her articles has been published in magazines such as Complex UK, Style Caster, Gal-Dem, Okay Africa, and The Guardian. She likes traveling, swimming, learning new languages and going to the museum.
Julian
Julian Gyll-Murray is a bilingual award-winning novelist and short story writer from Brussels. He studied Creative Writing at Warwick University and has had success in a range of genres, including international amazon-bestselling fantasy novels and prize winning thrillers. He has published short fiction and articles in a variety of outlets: most notably, his work was included in 24 Stories, a collection of pieces published to raise money for the Grenfell community. He is passionate about history, travel and stories of people overcoming hardship.
Jami
As a professional ghostwriter and business content editor, Jami has worked with busy CEOs, founders, and success coaches to bring their vision to a wider audience through books, blogs, and articles. She is a ghostwriter for Forbes Books and Book Launchers, and a member of the Association of Ghostwriters. She also has a passion for content in the Mind & Spirit and personal development genres. She edited the U.S. version of You are the Power: Choose to Create the Life You Desire, a memoir and guide to overcoming adversity. She was also a contributor to The 52 Weeks: Two Women and Their Quest to Get Unstuck, a women’s guide to midlife.
Dettie
Dettie, writing as DG Coutinho, is an award-winning author, spoken word performer, and lifelong defender of human rights. Her writing career took flight when she won the Bloody Scotland Harvill Secker Crime Writing Award in 2021, paving the way for her twisty, satirical thriller The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin, published in hardback in August 2024 and now out in paperback with Vintage. As a published novelist, ghostwriter, and curator, Dettie excels at crafting compelling narratives that blend imagination with lived experience. Beyond the page, she performs spoken word under the name DGC and proudly co-founded and MC’d Boisterous Ravens, a vibrant spoken word platform spotlighting Black, Brown, and Global Majority voices. In collaboration with NAZ Project London, she co-authored the children’s book Activists In Action: Prudence Mabele, celebrating the groundbreaking South African AIDS activist. Her creative work spans short stories, scriptwriting, and ongoing fiction projects, including her novel Prodigal Honey, longlisted for the Exeter Novel Prize in 2015. She is Proud of her South Asian Indian and West African heritage, she feels lucky that she is able to draw on both cultures to enrich her storytelling. When Dettie is not writing or performing, you’ll find her eating anything with cheese in it or on it, obsessing over Liverpool football club, or defending her title as a virulent coffee snob.
Ffion
Ffion is a journalist, writer and editor, and book author. She lived in Canada for 20+ years, travelling and working from coast to coast. She's also explored places and people's stories in the USA, Mexico, Italy, France and Croatia. She now lives in Wales, where she enjoys speaking the language, and hearing even more stories. Ffion enjoys finding out what makes people 'tick': from managing a multi-national business, coping with a life-changing accident, or the joy of being a dog walker. She's also worked for UNICEF, UNESCO and BCUK.
Elaine
Elaine has over 25 years’ experience in publishing as an editor, commissioning editor, development editor and publisher. Born and raised in Bristol with degrees in History and Law, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Elaine worked as a paralegal for a commercial law firm in London and then in various publishing roles for professional law publishers. Moving from the hustle and bustle of London to rural Oxfordshire, Elaine worked for publishers on professional, vocational and educational texts. At Oxford University Press, she set up and managed a team of development editors working on new works and major new editions. For the last 15 years, Elaine has been working as a freelance editor on vocational, academic and educational texts for a range of publishers. Her interests include travel and award-winning photography which she was able to combine some years ago on a six-month sabbatical to travel the world. When she isn’t busy with her two children, she enjoys reading, cycling, walking her dog around the country lanes of her village, coffee with friends and volunteering for local charities.
LiYing
LiYing is a multilingual Malaysian-born Chinese. She currently resides in Edinburgh, Scotland after many years of travelling and living in different cities such as Manchester, Paris and Hong Kong. A former Beauty Editor of Harper’s BAZAAR and Senior Digital Content Manager at South China Morning Post, her life has always been governed by her passion for writing fiction and poetry, stories that inspire and transform the human heart, luxury, and beauty, all of which informs and influences the ceremonial spaces where she also now creates and guides others to their greatest transformation and ownership of their creatorship in her work as a Tea Ceremony Artist. She writes primarily in English, but has experience in translating from the languages of Mandarin, Cantonese, and Malay.
Liz
Liz is a natural storyteller and lifelong wordsmith, but most of all, a really great listener. She has spent the past 20 years writing for women's magazines and immersing herself in tales of people from all walks of life. She believes our stories are what make us who we are, and she loves getting to know the narratives that live beneath the skins of strangers. She's trodden an interesting and varied path that's led her to where she is now - a single mum of a wonderful 10-year-old boy. In her spare time she loves to play the piano, sing, crochet granny squares, and her entire wardrobe is from the 1960s and 1970s.
Johanie
Johanie Cools is a development and copy editor, proofreader, and sensitivity reader with a lifelong passion for storytelling. She knows that the best type of editors want the best for their client’s stories. As an editor, Johanie believes that her job is to maintain her clients’ voices throughout their work and not her own. She has edited for indie authors and publishers and has worked with big-name publishers like Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Sourcebooks, and more. Throughout her seven-year career, she has worked with 16 best-selling authors. As an alumnus of Tessera Editorial, Johanie has completed their mentorship program and is a professionally trained editor. She holds a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Vanguard University. When she’s not editing manuscripts or writing style sheets, Johanie enjoys playing board games and trivia nights with her friends.
Lorin
Lorin Oberweger is a highly sought-after book editor and ghostwriter with more than two decades of experience in publishing. Her clients have been published by every major trade house in the US, have gained representation with some of the industry’s leading literary agents, and have had work optioned for film and television. An award-winning author, Lorin has co-written and ghostwritten eight traditionally published books, several for New York Times bestselling authors of fiction and nonfiction. Her work, commissioned by major publishers, has received glowing notices from the New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, NPR, and others. Her latest co-author credit is THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK, written with Chris Anderson, director of TED Conferences.
Andrea
Collaborative and developmental editor with an eye for the big picture as well as the details, Andrea Vinley Converse works with high-profile authors, ghost writers, and traditional publishers, as well as first-time writers. She started her career in journalism, working a decade at a publishing group with multiple periodicals and nearly 2 million subscribers. When she shifted to nonfiction books, she found a real love for working closely with authors throughout the editorial process. Naturally curious, she loves digging until she finds the heart of a book and helping authors clarify their message, improve their writing, and engage readers with compelling stories. Her clients include HarperCollins, Hay House, and Tyndale, as well as authors with Hachette, Little Brown, Bethany House, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, and St. Martin’s Griffin.
Keyren
Keyren Gerlach Burgess is an expert editor with over two decades of top-tier experience in the publishing world. She believes a great story transcends genre, and while she cut her teeth on romance during her eight years at Harlequin’s New York office, she enjoys editing across the board. After Harlequin, and a brief stint at Entangled, Keyren launched her own editorial business, regularly partnering with HarperCollins/Harlequin, Amazon Publishing, and Kirkus Media for editing projects. Her career includes work with New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins and popular romance writers Marie Ferrarella, Carla Cassidy, and Karen Whiddon. And she’s edited such notable nonfiction titles as Kristal Brent Zook’s The Girl in the Yellow Poncho and the upcoming memoir of top international hepatologist Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, better known on social media as The Liver Doc. Keyren loves working one-on-one with authors, helping them polish their manuscripts until they’re ready for publication. She brings a nurturing yet no-nonsense approach, connecting with writers at all levels, from NYT bestsellers to those just starting out. She understands that the editor-author relationship is built on trust, and it’s an honor she doesn’t take lightly. Keyren’s editorial process is thorough and meticulous. She identifies not only big-picture issues such as structure, flow, and tone, but also the finer nuances of voice and meaning, ensuring the story not only mirrors what’s in the author’s heart but resonates with readers too.
Hugh
Hugh Barker is a freelance editor and writer. He has 23 years of publishing experience, specifically within commissioning, editing, writing, selling and creating books. He is currently working on a range of freelance writing and editing projects (including titles on humour, popular science, history and business) for publishers including Ebury, Atlantic, Michael O’Mara, Constable & Robinson and Elwin Street. His most recent in-house post was as Publishing Director (Adult) for Michael O'Mara Books, managing a hugely profitable list of commercial titles ranging across practical art, biography, business, popular science, humour, gift and trivia, business, self-help, design, reference. Prior to this, he was commissioning editor for the Constable list (now part of Hachette), as well as acquiring additional fiction and non-fiction titles for special sales channels.
Anthony
Anthony Szpak started standup comedy at sixteen years old. He has appeared on Comedy Central and sold television scripts to 20th Century Fox, Castlerock Entertainment, and the FX network. Anthony holds an MFA from Columbia University and has ghostwritten award-winning memoirs, novels, and poetry collections. For ten years, he taught gifted kids in Colorado. He now lives in London with his fiancée and their rescue dog, Sunny.
Mabinty
Mabinty is a self-published poet and copywriter with a knack for using cleverly crafted words to tell stories and create heart-warming content. With over 7 years writing experience, Mabinty is able to turn words into stories and believes we should celebrate the essence of who we are. This is what informs her writing style and process.
Soraya
Born into a multicultural family in Alexandria, Egypt, Soraya has spent most of her life translating the intricate cultural barriers of her childhood into nuanced narratives about fascinating characters she’s encountered. An award-winning short story author, she’s also written and blogged extensively about street art and culture, and feels most comfortable when travelling alone, immersing herself in local cultures around the world and attempting her best to communicate with empathy and curiosity whenever language barriers arise. She prefers being barefoot on sand whenever possible.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's pen name is Betsy Cole. She is a married mother of four humans and three fur-babies. With an MA in Anthropology- a focus on folklore studies, and a minor in Creative Writing, her passion has always been reading and writing. She has been a professional writer for over twenty years, on a variety of diverse projects. She specializes in storytelling and content creation. As a published novelist with over two decades of ghostwriting experience, her favorite tales are inspirational.
Colleen
Colleen is an award-winning journalist, author and podcast host. She specializes in sharing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, especially those who have built companies from scratch and made lasting marks on industries, audiences and sometimes the world (or at least, their corner of it). As the former small business editor of The Wall Street Journal, she has interviewed hundreds of business leaders and enjoyed hearing all about the rewards, challenges and quirks of entrepreneurship, with the personal observation that the quirks (or stumbling blocks or miscues) tend to be the most fascinating part of the story. In recent years, Colleen has served as executive editor of The Story Exchange, a media platform that elevates the voices of entrepreneurial women, so she has a special spot in her heart for women who sometimes need to fight extra hard to succeed in business (or politics or athletics or any number of fields). In fact, it's the preserving and sharing of these stories that Colleen is drawn to, as she knows it will inspire the next generation. Colleen has also served as an editor at Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek and SmartMoney. She is the author of two books, The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook (Random House) and Inc.'s Start a Successful Business. She is a resident of Long Island's East End, where she enjoys baking, sailing and keeping up with her twin daughters.
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