The Largest Selection of Specialist Writers In The World
With the largest selection of specialist writers in the world, we can match you with the perfect biographer for your book based on your background, goals, personality and location. You can work with junior, senior and premium writers.
United Kingdom
Senior
Gouri S
Gouri is a journalist and writer from London. She has been working in the media industry for nearly 20 years, including roles at the British Asian newspaper Eastern Eye and Al Jazeera's flagship media critique show, The Listening Post. Today, she writes for Al Jazeera and other international media outlets on topics such as culture, migration, history, race and gender. With roots in Lahore, Mumbai, Punjab, Kenya, London and Berlin, she has a passion to write about the unheard and untold stories from our rich and complicated cultures.
United Kingdom
Junior
Zoe K
Born and raised in the US, Zoe moved to Cardiff to get her BA in Journalism, Media and English Literature. She has written for a number of online publications, covering everything from current events to book and theatre reviews. She likes to have a finger in every literary pie, having published poetry as well as writing and directing her own one-act play. When she’s not writing, you can find her feeding the local birds, baking, or curled up with a book.
United Kingdom
Junior
Tom K
Tom is a ghost-writer, screenwriter and film producer with a passion for personal and unexpected true stories. In film and TV he has worked with the likes of Sky and the BBC, as well as production companies including Double Dutch, Happy Prince, Moonriver TV, Watford & Essex and 108 Media. Through his experiences working on a true WW1 story about motorcycle racers who went to the front lines - a story passed down the generations of a friend’s family – he discovered a desire to find and help people tell their own story. He has learnt that everyone has an amazing story – and believes everyone should have the chance to tell theirs.
United Kingdom
Senior
Ram V
Ram is an author and graphic novelist who debuted in 2012 with a comic-book series in India. In 2015 he wrote his first novel as a part of a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from City University London. Before he was a writer, Ram was a chemical engineer whose work gave him the opportunity to travel all over the world. He now writes prose, comics, graphic novels and screenplays from his home in London. He also dabbles in illustration and harbours unlikely ambitions of being a blues guitarist one day.
United Kingdom
Premium
Sophie M L
Sophie is a multi-award-winning journalist, ghost writer and content creator with Masters' in Journalism, Philosophy, and Italian. She has written a range of books for celebrities and influencers alongside her work as a journalist and columnist for national magazines and newspapers. She has been published in Metro, Huffington Post, Daily Mirror, The Independent, Grazia Magazine and The Sunday Times as well as extensively across online publications. Heavily involved in broadcasting on TV and radio, Sophie has also worked for Channel 4 News, ITV News and BBC News to name but a few. Sophie has helped to catapult people to international acclaim. She loves nothing more than telling people’s stories in the most powerful way through words, audio and visual. Sophie specialises in social affairs issues, health, enterprise and business as well as life stories.
United Kingdom
Premium
Lydia B
Lydia is a journalist with more than twenty years of experience. She has been on staff at three national newspapers internationally and worked for magazines including Harper’s Bazaar and House & Garden. Her strongest specialism is in travel; she is particularly adept at writing about families with diverse international stories of immigration and upheaval, as well as adventures in foreign terrains. Lydia also writes fiction, poetry and screenplays and creates commercial content for businesses, from small outfits to global brands.
United Kingdom
Junior
Jayne S
Jayne has always lived in London; her academic direction being English Literature. She attended The University of Westminster and later worked in advertising as a copywriter. Her engrained enthusiasm to write led her to dedicate her abilities to construct personal accounts into characterful, yet notable biographies. Jayne recently interviewed her grandmother who at 94, may sadly soon lose the ability to engage and communicate her memories. With a list of poignant questions stemming from childhood memories, Jayne recognises the value of hearing her story.
United Kingdom
Senior
Ruth M
Ruth has always written for a living, having worked in PR, and as a communications specialist, in the NGO and charity sectors in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the UK. She’s recently published her debut novel, Sweet Charity – a humorous, character-driven satire set in a fictitious London charity. A graduate of the University of Cape Town, Ruth recently moved north from London, and she now lives in Gourock in Scotland with her husband. They have two adult sons. When she’s not writing, or thinking up puns, Ruth’s reading, singing in a choir, walking, or planning another trip to Cape Town.
United Kingdom
Junior
Maisie P
Maisie is a seasoned journalist and copywriter with a portfolio of published work for leading publications such as HELLO! Magazine, Stylist, HELLO! Fashion, and The C Word. She is currently writing for the leading digital wedding planning platform, Hitched. Throughout her work, Maisie has interviewed celebrities and drawn upon her own experiences to destigmatize the topic of women’s health - particularly around the subject of hormones, sexuality, and mental health.
United Kingdom
Premium
Beverley D
Beverley is an eclectic sort with many different interests. Having worked as a teacher, teaching English and English as an Additional Language (EAL), she has met people from many different backgrounds. Interested in anthropology and other cultures, she has kept journals of her travels in Africa, as well as during her time as a prison tutor. Beverley is currently teaching online and volunteering as a telephone befriender for Age UK. She is convinced that everyone has a story to tell and would love to help you tell yours.
United Kingdom
Senior
Kate R
Helping people tell their stories has been Kate’s privilege over four careers and two continents. An American living in the UK, she has worked in television news, corporate communications and a tech start-up. In every role, Kate has worked to reveal important messages and themes and convey them in the best way for each audience. In this, her fourth - and favourite - storytelling career, she loves finding the hidden gems in customer stories, bringing to life their experiences and knowledge for the benefit of generations to come.
United Kingdom
Premium
Fuad O
Fuad is a former entertainment journalist whose love of stories led him to his current position as a film producer, script advisor, story analyst and screenwriter. Having worked for over two decades in Hollywood and Bollywood, Fuad believes everyone has a great story to tell and enjoys hearing and documenting stories, then elevating them to allow a life’s lesson to take on thematic messages in hope of inspiring others. He’s ghostwritten biographies, been commissioned to write and edit film scripts and interviewed some true legends of the screen. Your story could be next!
Netherlands
Senior
Erik R
Erik is an American fiction writer living in Amsterdam with his three sons, his wife, his dog, and his cat. He has been teaching writing for nearly twenty years and has been published widely including The Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times. He often writes about autism, disability, cycling, family, and being an ex-pat. His latest novel, To The Mountain, is about a father who loses his autistic son in the mountains of Colorado during a blizzard.
United Kingdom
Senior
Claire M
Claire has been writing professionally for 13 years. After graduating from the University of Derby with a BA in English, she trained as a Journalist and worked for local newspapers – the Lichfield Mercury, Tamworth Herald and Sutton Coldfield Observer. She went on to work as a Features Writer, Copywriter and Editor for various companies around Birmingham and Staffordshire. She’s now a Freelance Copywriter, working from home in Lichfield with her husband, two small children and lovely rescued greyhound.
Netherlands
Senior
Ruud K
Na zijn opleiding tot leraar en tolk/vertaler Duits stapte Ruud over naar de journalistiek. Als schrijver en eindredacteur werkte hij jarenlang op de redactie van Dagblad De Limburger. Daarna was hij actief voor vrijwel alle grote kranten van Nederland en België als externe leverancier van featuremateriaal. Nadat zijn bedrijf opgegaan is in een grotere speler op de markt, heeft Ruud weer plaatsgenomen achter zijn laptop om zich te wijden aan zijn liefste werk, het schrijven van waar gebeurde verhalen.
Netherlands
Senior
Kim S
Kim is kunsthistorica en letterkundige en schrijft voor de Historische Kring Breukelen en de Vechtstroom. Haar passies zijn reizen, lezen en schrijven. Ze joeg haar droom na en maakte met haar partner een reis van negen maanden door Zuidoost Afrika waar ze een boek over schreef. Niet lang daarna verhuisden ze naar Kenia, waar ze vier jaar woonden. Terug in Nederland is Kim begonnen om mensen te helpen hun levensverhaal op te schrijven.
United Kingdom
Junior
Sarah S EB
Sarah is a writer and translator born in Paris. She pursued her childhood obsessions — food and books — into adulthood, earning a BA in English Literature from the University of Exeter and a Master of Gastronomy from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. She is of Moroccan and Indian descent, and has lived in five different countries in the last decade, which has only deepened her appreciation for the universal ability of meals and stories to comfort and connect. Naturally curious and precise with her words, Sarah would love to help bring your voice to the page.
United Kingdom
Junior
Peter H
Peter has extensive experience with technical writing. Whether it be training guides for Equitable Life, or procedure manuals for Kerry County Council, his fingers have always been near a keyboard. For decades he has secretly crafted science fiction stories including a 300,000 word epic written 'just for fun'. In 2015, as a hypnotherapist he published 'Build A Better You With Self-hypnosis'. The first Covid lockdown was the nudge he needed to become a full-time author. The third novel in his 'Yellow Death' post-apocalyptic series will be published in 2022.
United Kingdom
Premium
Carole R
Carole has spent more years than she’ll admit to writing for newspapers and women’s magazines. To give you a clue, she was at journalism college with Jeremy Clarkson but says she’s definitely younger than him. After qualifying, Carole joined the Sheffield Morning Telegraph, Yorkshire Post and Lancashire Evening Post before turning freelance. She’s covered hundreds of national in-depth real life and celebrity stories and worked closely with the lovely, late Lynda Bellingham. Recently she ghost wrote her first book for Simon & Schuster which was a Sunday Times bestseller.
United Kingdom
Premium
Mehrad V
Mehrad had nothing to do with writing until the age of 25. He was an engineer in Iran. In 2003, he moved to the UK to study history at Royal Holloway University of London. He got lucky and joined the BBC World Service, but quit two years later and went back to Royal Holloway for a history PhD. He’s written for History Today and the Guardian among others. Iran Unveiled, a documentary he co-produced for ITV in 2019, was nominated for a BAFTA and an Emmy.
United Kingdom
Premium
Peter B
Peter has published 20+ titles, either as named author or ghost writer, by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Orion and others. Peter has also written for The Guardian, The Independent, and Kensington & Chelsea Today and has wide commercial experience in the fashion industry, publishing, furniture and antiques retailing. An enthusiastic walker, Peter has undertaken a number of long walks, most notably from Sarajevo to Medjugorje in Bosnia; now widely in Wales and the Marches.
Netherlands
Junior
Lise vd K
Ruin tien jaar was Lise verslaggeefster bij regionale kranten. Daarna heeft ze een carrière opgebouwd als leidinggevend uitgever bij grote uitgeefconcerns waar ze boeken en tijdschriften maakte op gebied van marketing en media. Ze is geboren in een gereformeerd middenstandsgezin op de Veluwe en heeft op eigen kracht een ontwikkeling doorgemaakt van bang dorpsmeisje naar zelfstandige selfmade woman. Ze woont in het centrum van Amsterdam is actief in het bedrijfsleven en in de politiek. Haar liefde voor het schrijversvak heeft ze opnieuw opgepakt sinds ze met pensioen is. Interesses: mode, economie en bovenal: mensen.
United Kingdom
Senior
Nicky P
Nicky is a best selling author, true crime buff, and has over 20 years experience working on B2B magazines. Working for professional member bodies such as the Federation of Small Businesses and Equity the Actors’ Union, Nicky got her degree in creative writing and had over 30 short stories featured in anthologies by publishers including Walker Books and Little Brown Books. She has 5 YA novellas published by Evernight Teen. In December 2020 her debut thriller, published by Harper Collins, became a Tesco bestseller.
United Kingdom
Senior
Alison C
After studying English at Oxford University, Alison worked in BBC Radio making sound effects, mixing & editing. She learned the art of telling stories from the hundreds of scripts that passed through her hands. In 2004 she began writing short fiction and serials, and her work is published about 70 times a year in magazines including Woman’s Weekly and The People’s Friend. Shaping the past is her speciality; she tries not to get lost in the research… Downtime involves long-distance swimming and cooking, though not at the same time.
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