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!
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Amelia T
Amelia first published her writing at the age of nine. A newspaper called ‘The Fog Horn’. After a long career as an English teacher, she now lives on the Suffolk coast and can often be found wandering the shore line looking for treasure. Amelia is an experienced interviewer and listener, knowing just the right questions to capture as storytellers authentic voice She has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing and has written for several national publications. Her work has tackled such sensitive topics as child abuse, endometriosis and weight loss. Amelia is currently working on her debut novel, with the assistance of her small dog Teddie.
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Lorelli M
Lorelli is a professional writer for an international education company. She writes daily news and feature articles about an eclectic range of topics and people, including a 60-year-old scientist turned preschool teacher and an entrepreneurial grandmother. Lorelli, a child of the 80s, was raised in South London, where she gained a degree in Business, qualified as a teacher and juggled teaching and young motherhood with freelance writing for Scholastic. Now, she is juggling writing, writing and more writing with being beside her other long-term love: the seaside city of Brighton.
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MaryAnn I
MaryAnn Ifeanacho is a Nigerian writer with a deep love for languages, psychology, and film. She is fluent in Spanish and has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Hertfordshire. MaryAnn has been published in the African Writer’s Magazine and the Kalahari Review. She was shortlisted for the 2011 UBA National Essay Writing Competition, the 2017 African Rubiz Prize for Prose, and, most recently, the 2023 Fab Prize for Children’s Fiction. Her novella, An Estate of Ironies, was also a finalist for the 2024 WTAW Alcove Chapbook Competition, while her short story Mykonos in Congealed Blood was published as part of Flame Tree Publishing’s African Ghost Stories Anthology in April 2024. MaryAnn is a long-distance mom to two adorable cats and currently lives in England, where she spends time teaching, traveling, writing, and daydreaming.
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Hazel Y
Hazel’s ability to form connections with people is at the heart of her writing, and the stories she hopes to uncover. A former Features Editor of a vintage lifestyle magazine, Hazel loves to immerse herself in the past, and bring to life the stories that make us. She spent her childhood writing stories and making up newspapers. After gaining a 1st Class Honours degree in English, she thought she might work in real newspapers, but instead was drawn to literature, poetry and stories. She has worked as an editorial assistant, writer, editor and teacher. She has interviewed stars of stage and screen, and will never get over the thrill of seeing her name in print. She is also a yoga teacher, parent and music enthusiast with a solid knowledge of 70s rock.
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Mona P
Mona has been writing and producing travel programs, documentaries, TV specials, commercials, corporate videos, and off-the-wall events for the best part of two decades. Her magazine articles have seen print in several countries, and she published a music, arts and events magazine for three years. She is a fountain of semi-useless information, and when she grows up, she’s going to be a visual artist. Mona graduated with a double degree in Psychology, and Guidance & Counselling but she never went into practice. Instead, she took her sense of empathy and excellent interviewing skills on the road to support her wanderlust. The ability to connect to people is a gift which she pays forward by writing stories that engage and encourage.
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Elizabeth M
Liz has been writing all her life, and made it her profession in 2012 working as a copywriter, ghostwriter and creative editor. The holder of a first-class honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing with English Literature, and having attained a distinction in her Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing and Publication, she is currently working on her PhD in Creative Writing. Liz is immersed in every aspect of writing: teaching, writing and critiquing in the field. Liz is fascinated with historical and contemporary biography, as well as fiction. When not writing she loves crafting; trying her hand at sketching and painting; and photography.
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Charlie T
Charlie is an author of a best-selling psychological thriller and has four cosy crime mysteries coming out this year. Her favourite part about writing is capturing the authentic voice. She studied Theology at Oxford University and has taught Latin, worked promoting literacy within a prison, and is a counsellor for a children’s charity. Charlie is a morning person and gets up at 5am to commit fictional murder. She loves coffee, carrot cake and walking in rural Leicestershire with her cavapoo, Otto.
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Joanna B
Joanna has been a professional writer for many years, working as a copywriter and journalist. She spent ten years as a successful freelance writer, before retraining as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, which involved less writing but a greater appreciation of the power of words. Her most valuable insight from this work is the importance of storytelling. Everyone has a story, and everything falls into place when we understand that story. Her great joy now is turning thoughts, feelings, experiences and memories into a story that’s meaningful, coherent and satisfying.
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Emily B
Emily is a writing coach and former publisher who loves working with writers and storytellers to help them realise their creative vision. Following a BA (Hons) in English Literature and an MA in Creative Writing with Merit, Emily was nominated as her university’s ‘writer of the future,’ which led to a Jerwood/Arvon national award for her first book After the Rains. More books have followed, along with poems and plays. She is a book developmental editor of over two decades, occasional journalist and a one-time film maker for English PEN. Emily has a special interest in the arts for wellbeing, and her award-winning blog is Em-Phatic.
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Angela N
Angela is a professional writer with an MLitt (Masters) in creative writing from the University of Strathclyde. She began her career as a playwright in the early 2000s and have written many plays for schools and festivals including the Edinburgh Festival. She regularly copywrites for commercials. She also ghostwrites for obituaries and other speeches. She is currently writing her first novel 'The Giraffe Photograph'.
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Andrew C
Across a 20-year career, Andrew has always embraced the opportunity to tell a previously untold story. Whether as a music journalist, sports writer, historical researcher, museum curator, or copy-editing desk jockey, his central pursuit is the unique character of the subject and the relatable, engaging (and factually accurate!) translation of that subject’s experience. Andrew is a Yorkshireman in training, by way of Chicago, and his recent trans-Atlantic work has included the publication of official company history books for the candy giant Mars Inc. and the digital audio pioneer QRS Music.
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Senior
Allie M
As a kid Allie wanted to write stories instead of playing outside. She started copywriting in 2008, and since then she's written everything from software reports to self help books. She's helped many coaches, therapists and business leaders bring their stories to life, with practical advice their readers can use to improve their life or business. When Allie is not writing, you’ll find her watching sci-fi or hanging out with her betta fish.
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Senior
Rachel B-D
Rachel grew up in Hong Kong and has experience of transitioning from one culture to another. Rachel predominantly writes narrative non-fiction and has had two pieces published in the anthology Notes from a Barren Rock. She also writes short stories and has been published online through Fairlight Books and Words for the Wild, and also in the print anthololgy In the Kitchen. She has been highly commended in a number of competitions, been published on the Mslexia website, and shortlisted for the Bridport short story prize.
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Amanda L
Amanda is the author of five bestselling novels and three works of non-fiction. She holds a degree in drama, appears regularly on BBC radio and LBC and was a contracted writer to the hit series Weekending on Radio 4. She researched and edited the leading directory for banks, The Banker’s Almanac, for Euromoney publications while also covering stories for them. She has written for, or contributed to, The Evening Standard, The Times, New Woman, US Cosmopolitan, Vagabond and Company Magazine as well as numerous online publications.
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Angela H
Angela developed a listening ear as a teacher and as a hospital volunteer. She enjoys hearing people’s life experiences, believing we should all cherish what makes us unique. Her short stories have been published in Prima, Fiction Feast, Kookie, Yours and in anthologies plus articles published in The Times Educational Supplement, Stella (the Sunday Telegraph) Woman Alive, The People’s Friend, The Dalesman, Writing Magazine and newspapers. Endeavour Press published two novels. Angela leads writing classes, enjoys travel, dog walks, swimming, reading and being a member of the WI.
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Hilda K
After gaining a BA (Hons) in English, Hilda studied newspaper journalism. She has had a career as a journalist and communications professional for over 20 years that has taken her to 50 countries, a visit to Chernobyl and Bosnia and working on a global campaign to ban landmines spearheaded by Princess Diana. Hilda is the author of three children’s picture books in the Donna and Dermot series, a memoir and co-author of three anthologies of poetry. She relaxes by singing in a choir, reading, yoga, meditation and hiking.
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Liz G
Liz has been writing and editing books and magazines for over thirty years. She’s ghostwritten bestsellers for people on TV (Suzie Fletcher from BBC’s The Repair Shop and Florence St George from Channel 4’s The Great Pottery Throwdown) or in the public eye (sometimes you have to sign a NDA so she can’t say who!). She’s written biographies about John Lennon (Short Books), David Bowie (Ammonite) and Nelson Mandela (Hodder) - to name a few. These days Liz is mostly collaborating with others to help them turn their life stories into beautiful books. But she always has a soft spot for everyday heroes and extraordinary characters - she reckons everyone has a tale to tell. By capturing individual voices, adding little details and scattering in a few special, intimate moments, Liz gets to the heart of every story…
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Senior
Danny T
Danny is a married father of four from Coventry and a trained journalist with just under a decade of experience in professional writing. He is from a working class background and always secretly wished he could be a writer but assumed people like him, from where he is from, couldn't possibly make their living by writing things other people wanted to read. When he found himself out of work aged 28 due to health reasons, Danny decided to go and get some qualifications and completed a sociology degree at the University of Warwick. Since then he’s become an influential journalist, interviewed prime ministers and held powers to account all while writing to audiences of millions.
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Junior
Xenia R
Xenia is a journalist, poet and neurodivergent activist. She currently working as an investigative journalist/researcher with the global journalism and production studio, ‘Project Brazen’ and regularly guests on the ‘Unpacking Neuroqueerness’ podcast. Of Russian origin, Xenia attended an international school in Moscow before moving to London for her Bachelors in History and Masters in Digital Culture & Society (MA) from King’s College London.
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Tarai C
Son of poet, author, artist and musician parents, Tarai is a true creative. He stepped into the performing arts at age 4 and currently works as a freelance scriptwriter and video editor. He is a keen investor and former business owner. His journey to achieve financial freedom whilst battling personal adversity drives Tarai to inspire and help others achieve their goals. Free time includes endurance hiking (sore feet), long-distance cycling (sore knees) and working on side projects (sore brain cells).
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Sarah M T
Sarah started writing at a young age, on a junior typewriter bought by her parents. But even then, she had a burning ambition for her words to take her abroad. After finishing her degree, she headed off on a gap year, which turned into nearly 14 years abroad working as a journalist. Her work has taken her all over the world, with many years spent working in the Middle East, as well as Europe and the UK. She has interviewed Oscar-winning actors, celebrity chefs, astronauts, royalty, and many more. She loves a good chat! She is now finishing her MA in Creative Writing and working on her first novel – which is naturally set overseas!
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Senior
Minreet Kaur
Minreet is a freelance journalist at the BBC and Sky News. She is the daughter of the famous Skipping Sikh and is the person who inspired him to start skipping during the COVID-19 lockdown. Minreet is particularly interested in stories from the BAME communities, stating that we don’t hear from them as much as we should. In her spare time, Minreet is also a freelance henna artist and loves different cultures and community stories. She enjoys travelling and staying active and has a real passion for human stories.
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Senior
Gareth S
Gareth is an award-winning British-Canadian poet, novelist, dramatist, and filmmaker. He has a BA in English Literature and MA in Scriptwriting & Playwriting. Commercially, Gareth has licensed a brand of typographic greeting cards to Camden Graphics; won Creative Future's National Poetry Award; and was a finalist in The Literary Consultancy's Pen Factor Award. In 2022, he won a DIT-British Embassy Pitch Fund for his science-fiction animation, miBOTS, subsequently shortlisted in Cannes. In 2023, he was named ‘Producer to Watch’. Gareth’s films and plays have been shown in London, Toronto, Brighton and Cannes. He lives in Brighton with his rescue dog, Pimms.
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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.
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Angela Y
Angela is a former school teacher and experienced freelance writer who has written for clients including Reader’s Digest, Stylist, and The Evening Standard. Because teachers never really leave education behind, Angela regularly produces educational materials for several careers and revision companies. When not writing for clients, Angela is completing her novel for children, which was longlisted for Write Mentor’s Novel-in-Development award. She also collaborates with her singer-songwriter brother, telling stories through lyrics and the beauty of music.
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Paul D.G.
After 25 years in finance, Paul decided to spend his time more profitably and return to his love of writing. A career in law and banking that included a decade as a director of a FTSE 250 company gives him a deep understanding of all aspects of business. Outside of business, he also loves nature, exploring the poetry of the everyday and finding the connections between everything. A Cambridge English graduate, when not walking his golden retriever, transporting his children or providing communications advice to Idaho miners, he enjoys writing for his Substack and daydreaming about Arsenal, history and philosophy.
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Michael H
Michael has been writing professionally since the early 1990’s. Published and syndicated around the world, he has worked as a columnist and contributor for The Guardian and other UK papers including The Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday, is a magazine features writer. He has been a contributing editor at Esquire for over a decade, as well as working as a screenwriter, author, and teacher. As a journalist, Michael specializes in arts and creative coverage as well as real life reportage, interviews, profiles, and biography. He has a particular interest and experience in issues relating to mental health and psychology. He has both won and been shortlisted for journalism awards in the UK including PPA and PTC writer of the year. Accustomed to working with A list and emerging talent as both a journalist and collaborator, Michael has rewritten feature projects for Warner Brothers and Disney as well as independent productions.
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Rachel L.
Rachel has more than 30 years’ experience in writing and interviewing. After beginning her journalism career on a Sunday newspaper in Australia, she moved to the Daily Mirror in London as a staff feature writer, which saw her doing everything from shadowing doctors to interviewing Olympic gold medal ice-skaters. After writing for a range of magazines, from the Daily Telegraph to The Times, she left newspapers for glossy magazines – first as deputy editor of ELLE, then editor of ELLE Decoration. After living in France for ten years, she is now freelancing in the Dorset countryside, where she continues to contribute to magazines and national newspapers as well as to a local news website she launched with her husband. In addition to journalism, she has published a book, Art at Home: An Accessible Guide to Collecting and Curating Art in Your Home, and ghost-written a story about a World War Two evacuee. She loves discovering people’s real life stories which are so often unexpected and extraordinary.
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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.
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Jonathan G
Jonathan is a former stand-up comedian who now works as an award-winning conceptual copywriter in advertising. Since gaining a First-Class degree in Creative Writing he has written in virtually every medium there is but most enjoys the chance to tell unusual and emotional real-life stories. He has written a social history of stand-up comedy in the 21st century for which he interviewed over fifty people in the comedy industry. After having completed a highly selective novel writing course run by legendary literary agency Curtis Brown he has also finished his first novel.
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Peter H
Peter completed his MA in Creative Writing (with distinction) at MMU in 2004, after which he combined work as a freelance writer with a civil service career that saw him travel the world, forming life-long friendships with people from a range of cultural backgrounds. In recent years, he found publishing success in Hong Kong, where he co-edited two fiction anthologies and saw his latest novel released by an international publisher. These days, Peter lives in Lancashire – where at least some of his roots spring from – when he's not exploring his new roots in Argentina, from where both his amazing wife and globetrotting cat hail. He loves working on projects that offer a genuine connection, whether that’s creating inspiring educational texts for high school students, helping a Hong Kong shoemaker tell his rags-to-riches story, interviewing designers as an unlikely fashion correspondent, or producing a podcast that allows other writers, musicians and artists to talk about their life and work.
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Stephan K
Stephan is a Creative Writing graduate who has been writing and reading ever since he first picked up a book and discovered the joy of the story at a very young age. Since finishing his degree at the University of Winchester, he has pursued many avenues of writing – from fiction and poetry, to journalism and copywriting for social media, to video scriptwriting and blogs. Stephan is also a passionate LGBT+ activist, and has been invited to speak at various events, both in person and online, to discuss gender identity, sexuality, and how to navigate the world as a person from a marginalised community.
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Lauren S
Lauren has been in love with the written word since childhood, a passion for storytelling that has come to define every aspect of her life and career. Following a BA in English Literature and an MA in publishing, she has spent many happy years as both a staff and freelance ghost writer specialising in memoir and biography. Lauren has written for a range of private clients and public figures, including political activists, models, inventors and artists. She is committed to amplifying unheard voices, and a creative process rooted in curiosity and compassion.
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Lance P
Lance has been a university academic and writer of non fiction for 30 years. As a Professor, he has a PhD (NUI Dublin) and four other degrees to his name. He has written three books, edited several others along with journals and is currently writing a novel. Interviewing people and oral history is key to his research. Lance has taught the world over: Germany, Brazil, Austria, Spain, Ireland, across a wide age range in formal university, school and community college settings. When he's not writing, he channels the depths of his writing experience to act as a private writing mentor to others.
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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.
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Pia A
I studied French and Drama at Manchester University and then got a job for a French speaking touring theatre company, travelling around the UK, and the Channel Islands and also in Canada. Subsequently, I worked as a dramaturg in the Literary Department at the Royal Court Theatre developing the plays of fledgling writers, as well as writing myself, for the Royal Court Young People’s theatre and Lewisham and Peckham youth theatres. I then moved into television and for the past twenty years have been working as a Script Writer, Script Editor, Executive Producer and Development Producer for various television production companies.
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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.
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Susan M
Susan Marsh is a professional freelance writer with a degree in Creative Writing and a Masters in Activism and Social Change. Starting out as an advertising copywriter, she spent over a decade as a digital nomad, flitting between urban Europe and the palm-fringed shores of South East Asia — earning her keep with stories along the way. Today she is settled in a tiny cottage by the sea in North Devon, where she spends her days writing, swimming, and messing about in boats. Susan particularly enjoys spinning tales of the weird and wonderful, and has had her work published in the Fortean Times. She has written for everything from international brands to small local charities, and recently penned a stage play about a talking mongoose called Gef.
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Vanwy A
Vanwy is an award-winning writer who has performed her work alongside Daljit Nagra, Imtiaz Dharker and Ian MacMillan. Her work has been exhibited in various art spaces and museums in London and Cornwall. She has been placed in many writing competitions and is published in a variety of anthologies. Vanwy has been a writer in residence at the Bloomsbury Festival many times. She obtained her Writing MA from the acclaimed Warwick University Writing Programme and her post-graduate qualification in teaching writing from the University of Cambridge. Vanwy teaches writing and her course, ‘Writing a Successful Memoir’, has been identified by the Workers Education Association as one of the most popular courses it has run nationally.
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Tara B
Tara wrote her first play whilst she was at high school. It was produced by the pupils and went on to have several showings even after she had left. At university Tara had her first articles published in the student papers and she went on to write her first short films. Since then she has published a book, won the Lloyd’s Bank Channel Four Film Competition and written over one hundred hours of prime time television. She is currently writing her second book but she loves nothing more than listening to other people tell their unique and personal stories.
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Stuart B
Stuart has been a journalist and writer for nearly 40 years after graduating in history and politics from Lancaster University. He has written a biography of former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and interviewed many of the great names in British sporting history. He is not just a sports writer, however, being a keen historian and genealogist, as well as having a love of the northern hills and an insatiable curiosity for just about everything!
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Marcella Edwards
Marcella Edwards (UK) began her publishing career at Vintage Random House, where she worked on the paperback list. She moved to HarperCollins and then to Penguin, where she worked on the Classics list. She then moved to the PFD literary agency, where she represented a wide range of authors. Marcella has worked with many brilliant writers, including William Trevor, Desmond Morris, Jeanette Winterson, Simon King and Sinead O’Connor.
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Debasmita R
Debasmita has a strong background in academics. She collected degrees and learned five languages as a hobby. Long ago, she realised her calling for the written word. The narratives that we build for ourselves impress her the most. From holding a corporate job to working with the most vulnerable, she has a vast range of experience. Being a content writer for the past nine years, she got the opportunity to work with the best brands and raise important questions. As a published author of a media and gender studies book, she is still looking for stories to tell. When not writing she is busy cooking Bengali vegetarian dishes to familiarise friends and acquaintances with some near-lost recipes.
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Claire Dean
With more than 21 years’ experience in the publishing industry, Claire Dean (UK) has established great working relationships with many prestigious publishing houses, including HarperCollins, Orion/Hachette, Hay House, Bloomsbury, Bonnier, Poolbeg and Flame Tree. A few years back, she co-founded a limited publishing company to help authors bring their work up to a publishable standard, get their book in print and keep their work in the marketplace. She has edited hundreds of manuscripts, from fiction to nonfiction, including the Sunday Times bestseller Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face by British boxing legend Tony Bellew (Orion); the #1 Sunday Times bestsellers Good Vibes, Good Life and Healing is the New High by Vex King (Hay House UK); and the New York Times bestseller The Sisters of Auschwitz by Roxane van Iperen (Harper).
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Eleanor Leese
Eleanor Leese (UK) has been a freelance editor for fifteen years and has worked with top publishers including Penguin Random House, where she was the editor for the upcoming book Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service by writer/director Tom Petch. She also edited The Stone Mason: A History of Building Britain by Andrew Ziminski, which was published by John Murray Press and called “delightful” by the The Daily Telegraph and “absorbing and engaging” by the Times Literary Supplement. Eleanor specialises in history non-fiction and has a postgraduate qualification in Historical Studies from the University of Oxford. She also enjoys narrative non-fiction on the topics of local history or genealogy, politics, political memoir, and true crime. When she’s not at her desk, Eleanor can usually be found chasing down forgotten historical women in an archive or library, continuing her extensive research into women in the sixteenth century.
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Kay Farrell
Kay Farrell (UK) worked at award-winning publisher Sandstone Press for seven years, editing fiction and non-fiction across a range of subjects. She is particularly proud of having edited the English-language edition of Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, which won the Man Booker International Prize. Other titles she edited include the Betty Trask Award and Guardian ‘Not the Booker’ winner Sweet Fruit, Sour Land by Rebecca Ley; and Bump, Bike and Baby by Moira O’Sullivan, longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. In 2019 Kay was selected as a Bookseller Rising Star and Saltire Society Emerging Publisher of the Year. In 2021 she was inducted into the Edinburgh Napier University Alumni Hall of Fame.
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Mica B
Mica has been a professional writer and journalist since the age of 12 when she became Britain's Youngest Sports Reporter and published her debut novel in the same year. Home educated, in the decade that followed, Mica has gone on to write, collaborate and edit countless books and articles published all over the world on a range of topics from hedgehogs and history to business and beauty. She is a keen photographer, loves a good classic and is a qualified archer with a passion for interviewing people!
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Vanessa K
What Vanessa fights for more than anything is a decent education and an ordinary life for her autistic son. Malaysian-born and now based in Scotland, Vanessa took up writing when she had to give up work in the NHS Biochemistry laboratories to care for her son, and made a success of both her son and her writing. She has seven fantasy books published, with others on submission. She holds a BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, and was recently awarded an MSc (Dist) in Forensic Science. She has a Dip in Literature & Creative Writing.
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Florence G
Having studied History and Sociology at the University of Cambridge, Florence has been working with Members of Parliament and charities to try to change the world for the better. But, with her own book, Lessons I Have Unlearned, published by John Hunt in 2021, it’s the power of stories to change our perspectives and shape our world which fascinates her most. She has written, edited and ghost-written for national, local and trade press as well as academic journals.
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Katarina S
With an Anglo-Indian father and German mother, Katarina was surrounded by fascinating, diverse life stories from an early age. After graduating from the universities of Southampton and Surrey, she made a career out of listening to people tell her about themselves, as a health journalist and researcher. Now, Katarina very much looks forward to working with your story.
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Sabi P
Sabi is a NCTJ trained journalist with 20+ years' experience working in national newspapers, TV, radio and online. She began her career in local newspapers in Aldershot, Hampshire and within 10 months started to freelance for the national press. A couple of editors saw Sabi’s potential as an investigative journalist and she was involved in a number of high-profile cases which led to successful prosecutions. Sabi lives in Caversham, Berkshire from where she travels the world covering health, fitness, lifestyle for a number of online outlets. As a people person, there’s nothing more enjoyable than getting her teeth into a good human interest story.
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Crystal B
Crystal is an experienced copywriter, editor, and journalist. Her experience encompasses interview-based articles, short form biographies and book introductions, as well as content for clients across a broad spectrum of topics. She has lived and worked in locations including Melbourne, Casablanca, Dominica, St Petersburg, NYC, Tbilisi, and Lisbon. Born in the countryside and raised in the city, Crystal has a wealth of life experience - from shipyard worker to royal butler, from arts editor to actor, and more. She has also enjoyed several years as a companion carer and listener to elderly and disabled citizens, enhancing her affinity and empathy with a vast array of stories. She cannot wait to hear yours.
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Barbara J
With 20 years as a foreign correspondent in Africa, and a war reporter in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, Barbara was always drawn to the human stories, exploring the emotional ingredients that motivate people - the great, the good and the man in the street. She has ghost-written four biographies and enjoyed putting aside any personal ego or judgement to properly portray the person telling his or her own story. Barabara has a home in rural France where the pace of life is almost medieval, and a seaside home in East Sussex within easy reach of London and its inviting energy.
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Lindz M
Lindz is a Scottish writer, editor, and writing coach who is represented by Headwater Literary Management. Her background in contract management/editing for a global corporate company has given her a keen eye for detail. Her prose has been published by Catapult, Flash Fiction Online, Pseudopod, and many more. Lindz is a full member of the SFWA, a mentor to six talented new writers, and she is also the competition secretary of the Edinburgh Writers' Club. Her novelette called 'Love, Happiness, and All The Things You May Not Be Destined For' is being pitched as a TV show by Assemble Media. Her short story collection is forthcoming with Bear Creek Press in 2022, and her debut novel is forthcoming with Brigid's Gate Press in 2023.
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Mark C
An experienced ghostwriter, investigative journalist and editor, Mark has written books on subjects as diverse as organised crime, business and sport. He has also written for most UK national newspapers including The Guardian, The Observer and The Sun. Mark qualified (NCTJ) as a journalist in 1998 and has spent decades covering some of the biggest issues around the world. He specialises in current affairs, politics, public policy, business and crime. But Mark is never more at home than when listening to, and bringing to life, remarkable personal stories.
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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.
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Nicola R
Nicola is the author of two novels: The Girl Before You and You and Me, both published by Avon, a division of HarperCollins. Born in South Wales, she studied Classics at Oxford and has worked for almost two decades as a journalist. Specialising in dance, travel and history, her articles have appeared in a number of publications including The Guardian, The Independent and Time Out. In addition to her twin passions of reading and writing, she has a soft spot for musical theatre, Strictly Come Dancing and Jack Russell terriers.
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Christopher L
Christopher has spent many years as an agency and freelance ghostwriter, helping people find their voice and tell their story. He established the editorial department at a publishing house for empowering, survival-against-the-odds stories – not misery memoirs as some people call them! He’s worked with a few people you may have heard of – including ex-Blue Peter and Sky Sports presenter, Simon Thomas on the Daily Mail’s ‘most moving book’ of 2019. After three decades writing, Christopher remains just as thrilled to be telling so many unique, powerful, and moving stories.
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Denise T
Denise is a journalist specialising in magazine features and feature interviews, with over twenty years experience working in PR. Denise is also an author with two books to her name: ‘Broken Wand’ a novel and, ‘Working Mothers: The Essential Guide’ a nonfiction. Denise studied for a BA (Hons) in English Literature with Media and a Masters in Text and Performance Studies. In her spare time she likes to read widely (fiction and nonfiction), enjoy cultural events, and walks with her dog in the Sussex countryside.
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Masimba M
Masimba Musodza is a screenwriter, novelist, essayist and blogger. He was born in Zimbabwe in 1976, and moved to the UK in 2002, settling in the North East England town of Middlesbrough. He has been published all over the world, mostly in the speculative fiction realm. In the real world, he takes a keen interest in international and local history, culture and society, politics, and, of course, biography. He believes that everyone has a story or a perspective of a bigger story waiting to be told and preserved for future generations, and is always ready to work with people who are ready to tell theirs.
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Will R
Will Rees is a founder and editor at Peninsula Press, an independent publisher of fiction and narrative non-fiction. His own essays have appeared in the Guardian, Granta, and the TLS – among many other places – and he is currently writing his first book, to be published by Coach House Books. Titled Hypochondria, it is a literary and medical history of that condition. When Will isn’t writing, he is reading. When he isn’t writing or reading, he is sleeping, cycling, or swimming in cold water.
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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.
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Lee W
Lee is a former literary agent of Pendle Hill Literary TV & Film Agency and has been a Member of the Chartered Medical Board for the last two decades. As a chartered musculoskeletal & orthopaedic specialist with interests in respiratory and mental health, Lee has had a long career as a medico-legal expert for the law courts. A prolific writer of true life, and fantasy fiction too, Lee holds an MA and Ph.D in English Literature and Creative Writing, and is the founder and host of Parchment-Inks Mentoring group. Additionally, Lee is a former British Heavyweight Gold Medallist Mixed Martial Arts Champion - a world champion contender - a former firefighter, and fell runner.
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Laurence C
Laurence is an experienced writer with a passion for languages and travel. He was fortunate enough to work as a travel journalist in Myanmar between 2016-2018, during its all-too-brief spell of democracy, and has since worked as a reporter for two newspapers on the Costa del Sol, Spain. A keen storyteller, his fiction has appeared in The Satirist and The Dark Lane Anthology Volume 12. He has an MA in Comparative Literature from The University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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Helen F
As a published author of several books, two of which were oral histories, articles and short stories, Helen is adept at engaging people into relaying their stories in a relaxed and interesting manner. A Diploma in Creative Writing from the Regent Academy, London and a background as a legal secretary, has given Helen the skills to write professionally and precisely. Free time is spent researching her Italian ancestor from newspaper archives, online resources and original material; sewing with her vintage machines; enjoying time with the family exploring the outdoors, driving and maintaining their classic vehicles.
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Darius A
Darius' journey as a writer kickstarted with his desire to extend the memory of his existence past his lifetime, and with the mantra, "There is nothing more permanent than words inked onto paper". Studying English & Creative Writing at University College Dublin, Darius worked as a journalist, and has since published several short stories and poems online, and has worked on multiple long-form projects, as an active member on the Fiverr and Medium platforms. Darius hopes to extend his mission to others, and help them jot down their names and stories in such ways that would never be forgotten.
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Caroline P
Caroline found her writing niche while working on her MA in Biography & Creative Non Fiction at UEA. She has written about a 1930s Barnardo’s child, the discovery of a GI baby’s American family, an Auschwitz survivor’s relationship with her tattooed prisoner number, and a Polish woman’s childhood years in Siberia. Aged nineteen, Caroline moved to New York City without work, a return ticket, or a plan. For twenty years Caroline moved between New York, California and London, raising two children along the way. Apart from writing, Caroline enjoys long walks, expansive sandy beaches and singing her heart out.
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Martin C
Martin has a degree in Linguistics from Leeds University, so he has a lifelong love of language. He's written one novel and published several short stories, alongside non-fiction content that includes interviews with Booker Prize-nominated authors. He's also spent over a decade honing his editing and proofreading skills while working in TV subtitling, which means he can spot a dodgy apostrophe from a hundred yards away. When not hunched over a computer keyboard he likes to hunch over his road bike, cycling over hills and through lanes across the country.
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Michelle G
Michelle has written, edited and self-published 3 books of poetry, a book of funny anecdotes about her friends and family, and is currently writing her own memoir which is complete and ready for editing. Michelle attended Bristol University as a mature student and graduated with a 2:1 in British Archaeology, where she researched for many academic essays and a 12,000-word dissertation. She is spiritual but not religious, open-minded, and non-judgmental. Her writing is often humorous but also relevant and moving.
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Ashley M
Having worked as a ghostwriter for a number of years now, Ashley sure does know how to get a story told. As an avid word-lover she uses her creativity to craft interesting, compelling, and clear narratives in all her works. Currently, she works closely with a number of writing clients to provide concise long-form content for both books and websites, in a variety of niches. Ashley is a mother of three, loves a nice cup of coffee, and can probably be found watching a Quentin Tarantino film in her free time.
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Paul P
Paul is a fiction and non-fiction writer with an extensive professional background in cognitive skills and wellbeing. A personal epiphany in his thirties led him to undertake a series of epic adventures, testing his physical and mental endurance in the wild places of the world. For Paul, telling our own stories and hearing the stories of others is integral to finding meaning as we navigate a path through the trials and joys of life. By consciously placing ourselves at the heart of our own story, we can make sense of chapters gone and shape chapters yet to come.
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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.
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Adam F
Adam has worked as a Writer, Director and Performer in theatre for 20 years and has been involved in over 50 professional shows that have toured the UK and Europe. Currently writing his third novel manuscript while studying a Creative Writing MA at Bath Spa University, Adam enjoys exploring the realms of reality and imagination that speak of human relationships and the tiny, glowing moments in life. Adam is an avid reader and music lover who also enjoys the beauty and wonder of landscape and sea.
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Fiona G
Fiona is a freelance writer and accredited copywriter, editor and proofreader, creating copy for small businesses and entrepreneurs. She loves building relationships with her clients, who range from life coaches to holistic therapists, telling their life stories and sharing their business messages. Before becoming a freelance writer, Fiona spent many years working in the heritage and cultural sector, crafting narratives about people with objects and art. Telling people’s stories is in her blood! When she’s not being a word nerd, she loves having outdoor adventures with her son, Ted, reading and visiting museums.
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Martin G
Martin is an author, editor and journalist with three decade’s worth of experience. Martin has written ten books including the best-selling Hen & the Art of Chicken Maintenance, and Bluffer’s Guides on cars and chicken keeping. He was also commissioning editor for the London Evening Standard’s weekly ESWheels motoring supplement, working with a wide variety of writers. His day job involves writing about cars for titles including the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator. Martin edits a motoring agony column for a car magazine and has been a columnist in Your Chickens, WI Life and Classic Cars magazines.
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Lara E
Athens-born to Lebanese-Canadian parents, Lara’s multi-cultural background is an asset in her worldly approach to being an active listener and writer. An accomplished singer, musician and composer, Lara is also a sought-after music journalist. With years of experience in establishing strong personal connections with fellow artists, journalists, and people all over the world, she is widely regarded as a passionate and unique storyteller. Lara holds a Degree in English Literature from the University of St. Andrews, and has worked as Editor and Senior Writer for Webzines ‘Backseat Mafia’ and ‘Jazz in Europe’. Lara is also a journalist for ‘Women in Jazz Media’.
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Samira E
Samira is a qualified and accomplished English tutor and freelance content writer with many years experience in higher educational establishments across the UK and for the British Council in Northern Sudan. Prior to this, a professional career in both Broadcast and Print Journalism working for Al Jazeera International (London), BBC London FM, and the BBC World Service, included travel to various places in Europe and Africa. Samira’s expertise in writing ranges from Culture, Relationships, and Travel & Lifestyle.
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Edward C
International award-winning writer of fiction, researcher and published poet. Edward's written work, 'Bell in the Tree', about the goings-on in Glasgow, having found thousands of stories in historic council papers, was broadcast as a radio series and was a recipient of numerous international awards, including Gold and Bronze medals in New York for scripting radio dramas. His collection of special material including transcripts, news cuttings, notes, cassette tapes and artwork form a collection in the Glasgow Library. Edward has published books with mainstream publishers, he has written informational daily strips for the Herald and the Evening Times, and he's an accomplished painter. Dubbed 'the people's historian', he's an acknowledged expert on Glasgow.
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Janine H
Janine has written her own fiction for the past twenty years, has completed several creative writing courses, and is a qualified editor who understands the value of preserving your ‘voice’. She has a BA in English and Theology and recently graduated (with distinction) with an MA in Publishing. Janine loves discussing books within her book group. She spent 12 years in Seattle, Washington, before settling back home in Hampshire where she can often be found walking her dog across fields and trails well-trodden by Jane Austen centuries before.
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Mark F
Mark has loved creative writing for as long as he can remember, with short stories published in diverse outlets, from Scotland to Canada. He has also ghostwritten many biographies, recently completing a memoir based on his own mental health experiences. Passionate about the crucial role storytelling plays in maintaining wellbeing and preserving memories, he has been invited to promote his work in schools, community groups, prisons, and in radio interviews. Away from his laptop he loves music – his claim to fame was his band once playing a session on BBC Radio 1.
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Matt E
As Editor-in-Chief of the BBC’s in-house newspaper Ariel, Matt was fortunate enough to meet many luminaries but interviewing the great Sir David Attenborough at the naturalist’s London home for his 90th birthday was an undoubted highlight. Matt has been a journalist and writer for more than 30 years. He is the author of nine books, appeared on The One Show to discuss his book about the 1966 World Cup Final, is a sports commentator for the BBC and owns, on vinyl, every UK number one single since the charts began.
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Anna-Laila J
Anna is a passionate reader and daydreamer. She began writing creatively during her undergraduate degree in American Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt. Her poetry and short stories were published in the University’s Student Anthology as well as in Napizum Magazine. Anna holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Exeter and loves living in the South West of England. Whether they are told on paper or on screen, she believes that our stories connect us to one another in our shared human experience.
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Sanj S
Sanj is an author who has worked extensively as a journalist for the BBC and latterly as a speechwriter for the Mayor of London. His publications include a biography of Lionel Messi and a chronicle of the great British middleweight boxers of the 1990s. Sanj was born and raised in the south of England by Indian parents.
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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!
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Suad K
Suad is a British-Nigerian writer, photographer and programmer. She hopes to use her writing to show that this world is so diverse; there are many ways in which people choose to live their lives. In 2017, she co-authored a book titled, <i>Soulful Stories: of Hope, Love and Light</i>, a compilation of short stories by Muslim individuals from all walks of life. Two of her novels-in-progress were shortlisted for the Stylist Prize for Feminist Fiction 2021 and FAB Prize 2021 respectively. She co-hosts the <i>Bookversations</i> podcast with her friend, where they have reflective conversations inspired by books.
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Nicola H
After a teaching career in secondary education, and ten years as a senior examiner for the UK’s largest examination board, Nicola studied MA Psychology at London Metropolitan University. Then she found a new passion for social history through a new role as a funeral celebrant, helping families to tell their loved one’s story and celebrate their lives. Nicola loves to read, walk her dog and plan the next adventure in her campervan, with her husband.
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Cailean C
Cailean is a Kilkenny-based journalist who began his career in 2018 with Goldenplec and has since gone on to contribute articles to both national and international publications including District, The Irish Times, Gigwise, Clash and The Line of Best Fit. Cailean is also the editor-in-chief of Soul Doubt Magazine, which focuses on Irish music and Irish culture through the lens of the creative. He has also got an MA in Applied Psychology from University College Cork, with a thesis on cross-border congenital heart disease in Ireland.
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Emily K
Emily’s love of books and the written word has taken her across the globe on trips both physical and fictional. She started her career editing poetry chapbooks and literary fiction for Brick House Books in Baltimore, Maryland, but when a job to copy edit and proofread non-fiction books in Dublin came across her desk, she leapt at the chance to explore a new country. Now settled in England, via New Zealand, Emily spends her days writing and editing romance, historical fiction, and narrative non-fiction books.
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Jim K
Jim has been writing full time for the past 20 years, creating articles, features and interviews on a range of subjects for a wide array of publications, including The Guardian, The New Statesman and The Big Issue. Since 2014, he has also written seven sports titles, the most recent of which, How to Run a Football Club was shortlisted for the Telegraph’s 2021 Football Book of the Year Award. A History graduate of Durham (BA) and Sussex (MA), when he isn’t writing, Jim coaches grassroots football and plays the guitar (albeit badly).
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Kat M
Kat holds a PgDip in Professional Writing and has written for the BFI, British Council and Oxford University Press. She honed her interviewing skills through her role as editor of the UK Film Council’s Film Street website. Kat is a retired baton twirler and a former primary school teacher who enjoys running and researching family histories. Kat loves storytelling in all its forms: she reads voraciously, loves art, film and theatre and is a playwright. She can’t wait to capture your voice and enable you to share your unique story.
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Michael S
Michael, a former university lecturer, has a PhD in Creative Writing. He’s written seven books and been published internationally. He wrote a regular column (‘Good Country’) for the magazine Adelaide Review. He’s created a writing program for South Australian prisoners, ‘Life Sentences’, and wrote a book with his daughter Olivia, One Dream Ago: The Beatles South Australian Connections. As a Beatles superfan/supertragic, he was thrilled to edit the autobiography of George Harrison’s sister Lou. He loves speaking to people, finding out what makes them unique and then writing their stories.
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Kathryn K
Kathryn wrote her first story at age five. Her favourite subject at school after English literature was history but she was more curious about the people who never made it into the history books. Who would write their stories? She's gone on to write and teach writing and has helped people start writing through creativity coaching and understands how daunting writing can be. This shouldn't stop anyone from getting their story on the page and she'd love to help you write your story. Kathryn is the author of Palimpsest, a novel; holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Creative Writing; and leads workshops on Stoic journalling, memory writing, meditative and therapeutic writing, and writing to leave behind a legacy.
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Fiona B
Fiona’s passion for words was born in childhood, as she made up bedtime stories to help her brother sleep – though sometimes they kept him awake instead! She has a Master’s degree in English, and spent years honing her skills as a copywriter, then as creative director, at top international advertising agencies like BBDO, Young & Rubicam, and Ogilvy & Mather. Since moving to the UK from South Africa in 2019 (and staying at home like the rest of the world), she has rediscovered the art of storytelling purely for the love of it.
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Bernard B
Bernard has vast experience as a journalist, freelance feature writer, published author, broadcaster, writer coach, and public speaker. From humble beginnings as a Junior writer at the Daily Express, Bernard has gone on to establish a vast and varied career over many years. He has also written for the Mirror Group, the Sunday Times, the Daily Mail, and for numerous independent publications and magazines covering biographies and auto-biographies, text books, newspaper and magazine articles on a huge range of subjects, news reporting, sports reporting, opinion and humorous columns, scripts - and more! Bernard has even twice compered at the Royal Albert Hall and investigated the legendary Profumo affair.
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Anne-L
Anne-Louise is a natural storyteller, with a genuine warm interest in people and she loves nothing better than unlocking your stories. A former English teacher, for the past decade she has been working as a features writer for a Bristol magazine, focusing on community good news. She takes great pleasure too, meeting her varied guests on her radio show, which provides her with a platform to celebrate her love of the outdoors and to share her podcasts, Walking & Talking. Anne-Louise is well experienced in interviewing people and conveying their narrative in a print, digital or audio format.
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Olivia C
Olivia has long been a lover of prose and the power of words to elicit a feeling. Her enthusiasm was sparked by the stories her grandad told her as a little girl and it evolved into a full-time career as a writer and editor. Olivia has headed up editorial teams in London and Paris and more recently she has used her talents as a force for good in the environmental sector. When she’s not writing, Olivia can be found growing cut flowers - a pastime she finds enjoyable and frustrating in equal measures.
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George H
George is a graduate of the London School of Economics, where he studied human geography. He has worked in a national newsroom as a feature writer and is currently freelancing as an editor and ghostwriter, specialising in narrative nonfiction. He co-wrote Inside Allenwood, an Amazon bestseller about the life of a white-collar criminal, and has written and edited books which have sold thousands of copies and been turned into films. He also works as an editorial consultant with a UK literary agency. He lives in Norwich, where he spends frustrating Saturdays watching the football and relaxed Sundays reading.
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Elizabeth D
After graduating with an MA in English Literature from the University of Aberdeen, Elizabeth taught English in Japan for three years, followed by six months travelling the world. Elizabeth then trained as a journalist, becoming a magazine writer and editor. She has interviewed a huge variety of people, from famous models and politicians to ‘ordinary’ people who have done heroic deeds. An animal lover, Elizabeth’s hobbies include sailing, horse riding and badminton. A keen gardener, she enjoys crafts and is a volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew member.
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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.
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Birgit I
Birgit is AberdESTonian writer, and a published author. As a teenager, she discovered the power of stories, and she has used that power in every profession she’s had, including her career as a journalist for more than 13 years. In 2019, she followed her dream, and moved to Scotland. A few months later, she was a published author. As a ghostwriter, she enjoys writing memoirs and how-to business books the most. The only time when she's not thinking about writing is when she attends Latin Dance classes.
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