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.
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Stefanie F
A graduate of the prestigious Cardiff School of Journalism, Stefanie can write eloquently on an array of diverse subjects. She has many years’ experience as a features editor and content creator so she can really connect with people and understand what they want to say – then write in their voice. You’ll find her work published across magazines (including food, Trencherman’s Guide and numerous bespoke publications), books (The Good Food Guide) and online (well-known names include National Trust, Travelodge and Visit Britain). She has also worked as a listening volunteer for Samaritans. She is also currently writing her first true crime novel. When not writing she’s walking the beautiful Devon coast and countryside, cooking and reading.
United Kingdom
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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.
United Kingdom
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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.
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
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.
United Kingdom
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Felicity M
A BBC journalist for 20 years during the Northern Ireland Conflict, Felicity McCall is a full-time writer and occasional broadcaster and arts facilitator. Her titles include fiction, non-fiction, young adult, ghostwriting and graphic novels and she has contributed to four anthologies. Theatre work includes production, acting, and she has had a dozen plays staged and toured professionally, as well as four screenplay credits. A committed activist, she has 40 years service with her union, the NUJ., and was Ireland’s first female Chair. Much of her writing aspires to give a voice to the marginalised and those dealing with trauma- survivors of childhood sexual abuse, addiction, bereavement by suicide and PTSD. From the autumn of 2022 she takes up a Royal Literary Fellowship at the University of Ulster.
United Kingdom
Senior
Chris W
Chris is an author and journalist based in the historic city of Oxford, UK. He holds a BA (Hons), first class, in Creative Writing from the University of Derby, and has many years of experience in the book trade, covering all angles. He has worked as an editor, proof-reader, specialist book-seller and freelance writer, with several published works to his name. He enjoys music, reading, theology, history and designing robots with his son. Chris has too many guitars, too many books, and not enough cats!
Netherlands
Junior
Shanna P
Shanna Pettens studeerde Taal- en Letterkunde (Nederlands – Duits) aan de Universiteit van Antwerpen en behaalde daarna een Master Meertalige Communicatie. In de jaren die daarop volgden werkte ze als Sales Representative. In haar vrije tijd las ze fictie en non-fictie boeken, was ze vast proeflezer voor een bevriend auteur en schreef ze zelf kortverhalen. Vorig jaar besloot ze dat ze van haar hobby haar beroep wilde maken. Begin dit jaar behaalde ze een diploma Copywriting. Haar interesses gaan uit naar psychologie, spiritualiteit en zelfverwezenlijking.
United Kingdom
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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.
United Kingdom
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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.
United Kingdom
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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!
United Kingdom
Senior
Emma-Jane B
Emma-Jane started penning poetry at the age of seven, when she began filling notebooks with stories and poems. During the pandemic in 2020, she released her first poetry collection, Darkness & Light, about her journey with mental illness, which became a multiple bestseller on Amazon. She is a former primary school teacher and has a BA Honours degree in Creative Writing. You will often find her with a cup of tea and her nose in a book. She also enjoys stitching, playing guitar and ukulele and practising yoga and meditation.
United Kingdom
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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.
United Kingdom
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Alex B
Alex is an academic, model, fashion activist and writer. She has recently published a book about contemporary fashion in Indonesia, and is currently researching fashion, embroidery and social integration of refugees. Of Italian origin, Alex was schooled in Italy and in the UK and studied for her degree(s) in London, obtaining a PhD in Art History and Archaeology from SOAS, University of London. She has travelled extensively in south and southeast Asia, and lectured at several universities in the UK and Europe.
United Kingdom
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Sarah S EB
Sarah is a writer and translator born in Paris. She pursued her childhood obsessions — food and books — into adulthood, earning a BA in English Literature from the University of Exeter and a Master of Gastronomy from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. She is of Moroccan and Indian descent, and has lived in five different countries in the last decade, which has only deepened her appreciation for the universal ability of meals and stories to comfort and connect. Naturally curious and precise with her words, Sarah would love to help bring your voice to the page.
United Kingdom
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Rosia C
Rosia is a freelance biographer, writer and editor with particular interests in oral history and African history. She graduated with a First in History from the University of Sheffield and completed an MSc in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 2010, graduating with Distinction. Her short fiction has been longlisted for Radio 4’s Opening Lines and for a Carve Esoteric Award, and she has won prizes for her travel writing. She believes that everyone carries a unique and fascinating story, and one that deserves to be told.
United Kingdom
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Zoë A
Zoë’s writing has been published in a variety of print and online media. She currently works as a book reviewer for the Financial Times, at a literary agency and as a freelance writer. She is deputy editor at Erotic Review magazine, and is working on her second novel. Zoë has a degree in English Language and Literature from St Peter’s College, Oxford, and was born and raised in southwest London before moving to Paris. She enjoys pretty much all sport, comics and cooking.
United Kingdom
Junior
Iris G
Iris is a London-based freelance journalist, copywriter and aspiring novelist. Having grown up in France with a French father and Yorkshire-born mother, Iris moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA, before landing in London in 2017. Her work, which mainly spans lifestyle, wellness, relationships and pop culture, has appeared in a wide range of publications, including InStyle, Stylist, Metro, Cosmopolitan, SheKnows, Alma and more. When not firmly planted behind her pink laptop, she can be found at various fitness classes or at the cinema for the third time that week.
United Kingdom
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Frances H
Frances has 30 years’ experience of writing features for national papers - including the Times - and magazines. She has reviewed film, television and theatre and interviewed numerous celebrities. (Sir David Attenborough stands out as a particular delight.) However, it is supposedly ordinary people who often have the most interesting stories: the grandmother who fought through the family courts to gain custody of her daughter’s children; the soldier who overcame PTSD; the oncologist who founded a charity for the holistic care of cancer patients. She aims to reflect the endlessly surprising voices of individuals by building strong, enjoyable working relationships that allow them to talk freely...
Canada
Senior
A.J. L
A.J. Levin is a freelance writer and genealogist whose biographies and obituaries have appeared in The Globe & Mail and The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He is also a former book reviewer for the Winnipeg Free Press. He is passionate about family history, writing, and the way both traditional research and genetics can illuminate our ancestry. In his spare time, he writes poetry, studies language, and plays several musical instruments.
United Kingdom
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Will GC
With a wealth of writing experience in news and for business, Will creates stories with purpose and humour. After graduating in Art History, Will dabbled in radio news before going into newspaper journalism. He has also worked as a court reporter and edited a banking bulletin. Will’s next step was writing for London Business School, meaning he is well equipped to tell the story of your business. The dad-of-two also understands how important it is to record a life and how precious that can be.
United Kingdom
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Rhiannon H
Rhiannon is a published author with Penguin Random House and worked in non-fiction publishing for many years before becoming a freelance editor and ghost-writer. History enthrals her, from Regency sea captains’ diaries to stories of the social fallout from 20th century conflicts. Since learning about her Cornish and German ancestors who arrived in Australia in the nineteenth century, and great-grandparents who lived in India during the British Raj, she’s been fascinated by family histories. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, she now lives in London.
United Kingdom
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Mehrad V
Mehrad had nothing to do with writing until the age of 25. He was an engineer in Iran. In 2003, he moved to the UK to study history at Royal Holloway University of London. He got lucky and joined the BBC World Service, but quit two years later and went back to Royal Holloway for a history PhD. He’s written for History Today and the Guardian among others. Iran Unveiled, a documentary he co-produced for ITV in 2019, was nominated for a BAFTA and an Emmy.
United Kingdom
Junior
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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