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 or premium writer.
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.
Netherlands
Senior
Henk S
Henk Schutten (1960) heeft altijd een zwak gehad voor mensen die buiten de gebaande paden denken. Hij verkeerde tussen oplichters en criminelen, maar interviewde ook ceo’s, filmsterren, staatshoofden en Nobelprijswinnaars. Tijdens zijn studie Journaiistiek werd hij aangenomen door weekblad Elsevier. Hij werkte vervolgens onder meer voor de Haagse Post, de Haagsche Courant, Het Parool en meer recent De Telegraaf en Follow The Money. Zijn eerste boek, over het Octopus-misdaadsyndicaat, stond maandenlang in de boeken-top 10. Als financieel verslaggever maakte hij de opkomst en neergang van de grote Nederlandse grootbanken mee en aan de vooravond van de oorlog in Irak schreef hij een boek over de ondergang van Saddam Hoessein. Met misdaadverslaggever Paul Vugts publiceerde hij de bestseller ‘Hells Angels - Motorclub of Misdaadbende’. Hij richtte een eigen uitgeverij op, liep vier marathons, componeert elektronische muziek, is getrouwd en heeft één zoon.
United Kingdom
Premium
Craig M
Craig has written 1,001 stories with people from all walks of life. He has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Sussex, and his novel, The Belle Hotel, is a family saga set at a seaside hotel over three generations (described as ‘a great read’ by Matt Haig). Craig ran custom publishing for Rough Guides/Penguin Random House and has been writing the story of people, families and businesses since the last century.
United Kingdom
Senior
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.
United Kingdom
Senior
Clare P
Clare’s interest in the written word is evident from her BA in English Literature, MA in Creative Writing, and previous careers working in an independent bookshop and as a proof-reader and production editor. She has been longlisted and shortlisted for international short-story competitions, and has a novel in embryonic stage. With considerable experience as a ghostwriter, she prides herself on adapting to people from all walks of life, and all ages. Her compassion, combined with her big fat sense of humour, has proved to be invaluable when working with those who wish to leave a written narrative of their lives.
United Kingdom
Premium
Tiffany C
Tiffany is a bilingual, prize-nominated writer, who grew up in Hong Kong and moved to London at sixteen. After receiving her MSc in Strategic Marketing from Imperial College, she worked as a digital marketer for several years, before transitioning to writing full-time. She has completed two novels since, one of which was “highly commended” in Faber & Faber’s Fab prize in 2020. As a plant-based vegan, Tiffany is a huge advocate for sustainability and wellbeing, and now copywrites and creates content for change makers and kind businesses.
Netherlands
Junior
Ahmad R
Ahmad Resh (Meppel, 1989) begon zijn schrijfcarrière in 2013, toen zijn eerste Disney-scenario bij weekblad Donald Duck werd geaccepteerd. Vervolgens ging hij ook als freelance redactiemedewerker bij het vrolijke weekblad aan de slag. Sindsdien ging zijn loopbaan in sneltreinvaart. Zo vertaalde hij onder andere stripboeken vanuit het Engels en Turks, schreef artikelen voor diverse stripinformatiebladen, werd columnist en journalist bij een krant en staat hij momenteel onder contract bij meerdere uitgeverijen om diverse (strip)boeken te schrijven. In zijn vrije tijd brengt Ahmad het liefst tijd door met zijn zoon, Ibke.
United Kingdom
Premium
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.
United Kingdom
Premium
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!
United Kingdom
Senior
Isobel I
Being banned as a pre-teen from the hysteria of a Bay City Rollers concert was pivotal for Isobel’s journalistic career in teen mags, then national women’s titles, before sidestepping into sports writing and an action-packed decade as international rugby media manager. Now extending her editorial reach into travel and the arts – alongside passions for her voluntary communications role with football’s Homeless World Cup and researching her family history – one common thread runs throughout: she just loves listening to people.
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
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.
Netherlands
Senior
Hagar J
‘Later word ik journalist.’ Als kind had Hagar jarenlang een briefje boven haar bed hangen met die woorden. Inmiddels is ze vierendertig en heeft ze geschreven voor tientallen kranten en tijdschriften, waaronder NRC, Trouw en Flow. Ze maakte verhalen in binnen-en buitenland. Bijvoorbeeld in Spanje waar ze vijf jaar correspondent was voor onder andere het Parool. Tegenwoordig woont Hagar weer in haar geboortestad Amsterdam en schrijft ze vooral over psychologie, carrière en het leven van de hedendaagse dertiger.
United Kingdom
Senior
Charlotte E
Charlotte has two History degrees, 16+ years of experience in editing and writing. She also has a non-fiction book published, it’s about people looking to move into a healing/therapy career and is half interviews and case studies, and half her own research. Charlotte has a beautiful dog, almost 12 (11 and ¾) and lives in Kent on the coast.
United Kingdom
Senior
Jackie N
Jackie has over 20 years of experience as a qualified journalist and worked at Good Housekeeping magazine and the Western Daily Press newspaper. She has written for the Guardian, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Woman and Essentials. Jackie loves finding out about people’s lives, not only dealing sensitively with tragedies but also celebrating her interviewees’ successes. She was named Business Mother of the Year in the 2014 NatWest Venus Awards and won an award at the 2015 Guardians Small Business Showcase Awards. When not writing, Jackie enjoys pub quizzes and travelling around the world with her eight-year-old twins.
United Kingdom
Senior
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.
United Kingdom
Premium
Clara S
Clara has written two novels: Shame on You and The Boat published by Penguin and Head of Zeus respectively. Born and raised in north London, she has also lived in Cornwall, Turkey and Spain. Clara trained as an actress and is most well known for playing DS Stanton in The Bill. Presently she is working on a story for film and television about her great, great, great aunt – a philanthropist who became the richest woman in the empire at the age of 23. Sadly for Clara, she gave all her money away.
United Kingdom
Senior
Robin T
Robin is a writer and author who has written about subjects ranging from conspiracy theories to global surveillance, oil markets to North Korean tourism. He’s lived and worked in Chicago, Moscow, Beijing, Hanoi and Pyongyang, his most recent foray being Berlin in 2018 where he finished his debut novel, “Mr Whippy Goes to Schaumberg”, about ice-cream wars in Chicago. An erstwhile professional actor and freelance North Korea tour leader, he is currently in London working as an ambulance technician. When he can, he heads north to Newcastle to see his wife and dog.
Netherlands
Senior
Carl S
Carl Stellweg is geboren in Beiroet en groeide op in Libanon, Egypte en Syrië. Als buitenlandverslaggever van het Algemeen Dagblad reisde hij het Midden-Oosten en andere delen van de wereld af, en schreef hij honderden reportages, interviews, analyses en achtergronden. Tegenwoordig is hij freelance vertaler en journalist. Hij heeft een roman (‘Mijn beeldschone aandoening’) op zijn naam staan, en een non-fictieboek over de wereld van de islam. Hij houdt van een rustig en toch zinderend leven: heel veel lezen, ook veel schrijven, beetje wandelen en bij tijd en wijle erg lekker eten.
United Kingdom
Premium
Paddy M
Paddy has written for the Guardian, Observer, Independent and Telegraph. He was born in the Middle East, an experience that led to an insatiable wanderlust that’s seen him live in New York and travel to destinations as far flung as Eritrea, Ethiopia and Syria. These days, with two daughters, he’s more likely to be found in Devon, working on the third in his series of conspiracy thrillers (published by Fahrenheit Press), or practising as a psychotherapist. Paddy’s a great listener with a deep interest in what makes people tick.
United Kingdom
Senior
Rebecca F
Rebecca spent her formative years in Gibraltar and Germany, as her father served in the RAF. She holds a degree in Multimedia Journalism and originally started working as an offshore and maritime writer before moving into regional reporting. Rebecca also writes historical fiction under a pseudonym for a Harper Collins digital offshoot and in 2015 had a manuscript shortlisted for the Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize. When not writing, Rebecca is usually found in the Wiltshire countryside in sturdy shoes with two muddy dogs, or volunteering for the National Trust.
United Kingdom
Senior
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.
United Kingdom
Senior
Andrea MW
Andrea was educated abroad, as her father was a diplomat. After returning to England she studied history and theory of art, and later worked for David (now Lord) Puttnam as a film researcher while writing on Islamic art for Sotheby’s. After her two sons were born, she moved into journalism. She is now a freelance writer reporting to BBC Culture, the Financial Times, the Telegraph and other titles on subjects ranging from looting of antiquities by Islamic State to Japanese textiles. Her passions include piano and photography. She is a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).
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.
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