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
Don M
Don Mort is an award-winning journalist with 12 years’ experience and has written for the Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group, the Yorkshire Post and inews. Don was educated in North Yorkshire, before moving to Leeds in 1998. After working in a number of different jobs, he retrained as a journalist in 2005 and went on to become a specialist health reporter, covering Yorkshire NHS trusts. Outside of work, Don plays the guitar in blues and skiffle bands. He offers an empathic interviewing style and the ability to write compellingly and sensitively.
United Kingdom
Senior
Shikainah C
When Shikainah is not practicing as a psychologist with the NHS, specialising in trauma and refugee groups and contributing to the World Health Organisation’s global clinical practice network, she works as a freelance writer and theatre reviewer. Shikainah speaks fluent Hindi, Urdu and Tamil, devours Agatha Christies, savours Earl Grey tea at 4pm and cooks for her family and friends. She held on to her little Nokia phone until 2019, at which point she was finally forced to upgrade to a smartphone in order to keep up with her work.
United Kingdom
Senior
Lisa D S
Lisa has always loved stories. Listening to stories, telling stories and creating stories, so it’s no wonder she works as a journalist and writer of memoirs. Everyone has a story inside of them and Lisa enjoys nothing more than hearing about the life experiences and anecdotes of others. A published author, when she’s not writing, Lisa can be found either reading or playing poker – but that’s another story.
United Kingdom
Senior
Lorraine L
Lorraine has always been creative. In fact, at the age of thirteen, she won first prize in a songwriting competition. Before becoming a writer, Lorraine worked as a nurse, receiving university qualifications from both Dublin and Galway City. Her passion for writing has taken on a whole new level in recent years. She self-published her childhood memoir in 2020 and her adult memoir in 2021. Lorraine is truly an altruistic writer combining compassion with professional editing. She now works as a freelance author, specialising in memoir creation.
United Kingdom
Junior
Iris M
Having moved to London from the Philippines to pursue a BA in Creative Writing, Iris is a writer who mainlines poetry, screenplays and short stories. Her works are often inspired by religion, mythology, water, and films. Consistently published and shortlisted in various zines and anthologies since 2010, Iris spends the majority of her time wrestling with her muses and participating at local literary events. Snacking is also a favourite pastime. Iris is currently finishing up her Masters in Creative Writing at Brunel University, and aims to begin her PhD soon afterwards.
United Kingdom
Junior
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.
United Kingdom
Senior
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.
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
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.
Netherlands
Senior
Freek W
Freek uit Ede laat zich graag raken door de levens van personen. ‘Iedereen heeft een verhaal’, is zijn motto. Van de bevlogen predikant en gedreven ondernemer tot de flamboyante kunstenaar. Hij heeft dertig jaar ervaring in de journalistiek, kan met álle genres uit de voeten en is hoofdredacteur van een muziekmagazine. De laatste jaren schrijft hij bij uitstek achtergrondverhalen voor een regionaal dagblad. Human interest staat voorop. Mountainbiken, (berg)wandelen, fotografie, voetbal en vooral muziek zijn de passies, naast het schrijven.
United Kingdom
Senior
Dale M
Dale is a professional writer and former child who has his very own star sign. As a jack of no trades and a master of fewer, Dale has been stringing sentences together for marketing companies, blogs and magazines for the past five years. He has established his own Publishing Company, which is responsible for the successful monthly magazine ‘This Is Empty.’ This has seen him interview comedians, rappers and TV Personalities. Dale is also in the process of finalising his first novel, ‘All Things In Between’ for release later this year.
United Kingdom
Senior
Steve M
Throughout his working life, Steve has written for governments, companies and trade associations. As a British diplomat in the first half of his career, he lived and worked in parts of Asia and Africa and throughout the Middle East. He then got a taste for helping companies in the Middle East like HSBC and the Qatar Financial Centre tell their stories and promote themselves. His freelance writing since returning back to the UK has included speeches, reports and his own reflections on a long and interesting life abroad. He is a keen choral singer and a regular, but sadly under-achieving, golfer.
United Kingdom
Premium
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.
Canada
Senior
Ashley O
Ashley is a Nigerian born writer and journalist. She has written about everything from immigration, education, and politics to beauty and lifestyle. Her work has appeared on WNYC, Quartz, and other news sites. She holds a master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School, as well as a degree in Journalism and Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers University-Newark. When she is not writing, Ashley is nose deep in her favorite books or out looking for her next story.
United Kingdom
Premium
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.
United Kingdom
Senior
Ian S
Ian has written for the Financial Times, the Independent, and won the London round of The Stage newspaper’s New Theatre Critic Search 2016. He also writes fiction, and his short stories have appeared in numerous books and magazines. Sally Rooney praised his story Cute on The Stinging Fly Podcast, and his piece Legs and Feet Dangling was read out at legendary Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company. Ian has been interviewed by Litro magazine about his work and is seeking a publisher for his first collection of short stories.
United Kingdom
Premium
Melanie L
Melanie is a highly experienced and qualified writer, coach, facilitator and retreat director. She has been helping others tell their stories for twenty years. Her debut novel, ‘Little Dancer,’ the fictionalised story of Marie van Goethem, the girl behind Degas’ iconic sculpture, will be published in 2022 and available in all good bookshops.
United Kingdom
Senior
Linda I
Linda Innes lives in Northern England, where a sense of humour comes with the territory. She used to be a high-school English teacher, but she’s recovered now. She’s been an arts manager, education officer, bid-writer, life coach, spiritual channel and NLP trainer. She was even a stand-up comedian, but now sits down a lot. A published novelist, poet and produced screenwriter, Linda has been a full-time professional ghostwriter for 10 years. She’s particularly interested in changing the world one person at a time. Or all at once.
United Kingdom
Senior
Suzi F
Suzi has been writing for as long as she can remember – completing her first novel by hand when she was twelve years old. She had inherited a typewriter by the time she studied for an MA at Edinburgh University, where she discovered dancing and photography. Her writing credits include seven self-published novels for children and young adults, and several short stories. She also exploits her love of good food by reviewing restaurants for a national restaurant guide.
United Kingdom
Senior
Jane I
Jane is a writer from London. Her work has appeared in Mechanics Institute Review and Idle Ink. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck. For many years Jane worked in film and tv where she was commissioned to write original screenplays and scripts for BBC and Channel Four. She has created and developed multiple comedy series with Tiger Aspect, Talkback and Objective, among others. Jane recently completed her first novel and is currently working on a short story collection. She loves reading and running, although not at the same time. She is also a massive film junkie. Her favourite pastime is enjoying a glass of Gavi at sunset under a blushing Tuscan sky.
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
Dom A
Dom previously spent over 30 years in corporate business working for industry giants such as IBM. During that time he developed strong communication and interpersonal skills, using storytelling as a way to translate technical solutions into layman’s terms in order to gain support for projects. Subsequently, Dom has an innate ability to develop rapid rapport with people and turn their stories into books to be cherished for future generations. In his spare time, Dom likes to ride his mountain bike, sail and ski.
United Kingdom
Premium
Rebecca D
Writing since she was a teenager, Rebecca started out on a weekly local paper but spent most of her career at the BBC, where she worked on programmes including Newsnight, and the Six and Ten O’Clock News. During a break to bring up her family she gained a First-class Honours degree in English with Creative Writing. She then joined the press office at Citizens Advice. A change of direction, but one which continued her journalistic interest in trying to give a voice to those who find it difficult to be heard.
United Kingdom
Premium
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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