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 States
Junior
Don K
Don has been schooled in music, tool and die, over-the-road truck driving, photography, real estate and instructed in saxophone for jazz. For two years he had a column in a national motorcycle magazine, “Thunder Roads”, before segueing into writing books, using his pen name of Alec Gould, for children and adults. Currently, you can find his work being sold at several fine booksellers.
United States
Senior
Jackie G
Jackie first fell in love with memoir-writing in college when she interviewed her grandmother about living through the Great Depression. Later, she wrote “Beautiful Minds, New York,” a collection of short memoirs about creative New Yorkers. An award-winning author of two novels and a collection of short stories, Jackie believes that the best stories are the ones we all carry around inside of us. She received a BA in History from New York University and a master’s degree in Children’s Literature from Hollins University. Besides writing, Jackie worked as a fifth-grade teacher and hopes her efforts to make her students laugh make it into someone’s memoir one day.
Canada
Senior
Angela J
Angela is a writer, an entrepreneur and the author of the nonfiction book <i>Trillions on the Table</i>. She loves her son, her cats and her red wine. Angela created and instructed her own serving course and wrote a dating blog with 90k+ reads. Currently, she is a consultant and a lifestyle blogger for Sixty and Me, with an online community of over 500k readers. Her Forbes hotel background allows her to connect easily with clients; active listening and genuine interest is how your story will be crafted, in your voice.
Australia
Senior
Sue S
Sue is a storyteller with a passion for bringing people’s stories to life with the written word. With a degree in journalism, she has been a features writer and reporter for newspapers in Australia and the UK and has also turned her hand to creative writing, content writing and blogging. Life continues to excite her, and since discovering the joys of ghostwriting, Sue now spends most of her time working with people to write their unique life stories, as well as writing features for Fab UK magazine.
United States
Junior
Mandy H
With over 25 years of working as a therapist and counsellor, Mandy has been privileged to be able to spend many hours listening to people’s unique stories. She has written short stories, poetry and is currently writing her first novel. Mandy believes we all have a story to tell. She is passionate about noticing the stories people live, the stories they choose to tell and those stories that risk becoming ‘the missing ingredient’ unless people share them too...
United States
Premium
Ellyn E
Ellyn comes from the insane world of film and television development. A writer, an executive, a graduate of Penn State University, and the mom of a strong-willed youngster with too many pets, Ellyn has lived multiple lives and seen it all. She has worked for years as a story editor, and currently as a freelance writer for multiple media outlets. Ellyn is always working on the next screenplay or children’s book. You can ask her about her Mr. and Mrs. Smith gossip, though she may never tell.
United States
Premium
Rebecca S
Rebecca loves to tell stories of Family, Complex Love and Community. She’s an Asian-Appalachian-American from the Midwest. With an empty nest and 19 years in healthcare, she’s pivoted to her first love - writing. As a former Writing Instructor, she’s guided students of all ages, ethnicities and abilities to tell their story. Her portfolio, as Rebecca Williams Spindler, includes a published three-book series coauthored with her daughter and five short stories of Southern Women’s Fiction. Her screenplays and short films have won awards at Niagara Falls, Nashville and Austin Film Festivals. She has a personal and professional connection to those with Alzheimer’s and dementia. She enjoys the collaboration of creating memoirs.
United States
Senior
Bonniejean Alford
Through her speaking engagements and writing of various styles and genres, bonniejean guides others to understand identity – their own and society’s. She believes people should know who they are, own it, and then share it boldly and beautifully with the world. She founded Alford Enterprises, where she has served as an editor and writer for more than twenty years. Recently she launched Parking Lot Press, an eclectic publishing company focused on identity. A graduate of Northern Illinois University (BS/MA) and California State University Fullerton (MA), Bonniejean pens articles and e-books, maintains an Academic Blog devoted to Social Justice, hosts a podcast radio show about identity (Life’s a Blank), and teaches college students how to write about Sociology. Her memoir is in its final stage of editing. She enjoys taking artistic photographs, dancing to amazing music, and meeting people. As an active member of Toastmasters, Bonniejean competes (and wins) speaking competitions in multiple varieties. Born in Illinois, raised predominately in California, Bonniejean currently resides in Wheaton, Illinois.
United States
Senior
Brandy W
Though her nearly 20-year career providing therapy for children on the Autism spectrum was incredibly rewarding, it was also infinitely draining. So, when her husband dropped a truth bomb, “Please quit. Your misery is making me miserable,” she did! Now a freelance copywriter, some of Brandy’s most favorite work to do is for non-profits on a mission to change the world. In 2020 Brandy ghostwrote a traditionally published book about social justice and the church.
United States
Senior
Cynthia-Marie O’Brien
I am a writer, editor, and educator who received my BA with High Honors in English Literature and Creative Writing from Dartmouth College and my MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University. In addition to publishing essays and narrative nonfiction, I have taught writing in the United States and Europe, including at Columbia University and Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. My writing on faith, imagination, and depression from Bellevue Literary Review was included on the notables list in Best American Essays. My interests include concepts of home and cultural inheritance.
United States
Junior
Anneice Coady
Anneice was born in Detroit Michigan. She earned a B.S.B.A. Degree from Lawrence Technical University and later became a Claims Adjuster for General Motors. In her quest to discover her true calling, Anneice obtained her Masters’ Degree in Marketing, and began freelance writing. Since 2009, she’s written countless articles, bios, grants, letters and resumes. Anneice is passionate about helping others find work; find funding and promoting other peoples products. Anneice loves family gatherings and enjoys people watching in the park.
United States
Senior
Tessa Potgeter
Tessa loves adventure, fall days, and her three boys. You can find her writing on her blog, thewritingproject3.wordpress.com, and her published essays about Autism Spectrum Disorder on various sites, like Cooper’s Voice and Autism Parents. An English teacher for the last fourteen years, Tessa’s students gifted her with their stories from every walk of life. She believes people’s stories deserve a voice that tells of their struggle, love, and commonalities. Currently, she works as a writer/editor. Tessa’s passion for words guides her as she crafts stories of what matters most, life, the people in it, and what happens in between.
United States
Senior
Ayla A
Ayla is an author and immigration attorney with a Bachelor’s degree in English from The Ohio State University and a Juris Doctorate from Cornell Law School. Her debut novel, <i>Ayla on Fire</i>, is a Roman-à-clef chronicling her personal transformation. As an attorney, she interviews clients from diverse backgrounds and documents their life story and family history. This often involves patient and caring conversations about past trauma. Ayla is a mother to a toddler and a senior dog. They occupy her time when she’s not writing with a mug of coffee.
United States
Junior
Ed Bogdan
Ed earned a B.A. in Chemistry and B.S.Ch.E. at NYU and an M.S in San./Env. Eng. at U.C. Berkeley. He served in the US Army as an officer at Fort Bragg, NC and the Dominican Republic. He worked at USEPA as a Water Quality Specialist prior to backpacking throughout Latin America. Back home he founded/managed Quepco, an environmental planning firm. He has extensive experience interviewing subject matter experts and writing technical proposals for government contractors. Ed enjoys reading, writing stories, skiing, tennis, travel and walking his dogs – Bonnie and Clyde.
Netherlands
Senior
Igor D
Igor schrijft sinds 2015 levensverhalen en heeft er ondertussen meer dan vijfentwintig op zijn actief. Daarnaast werkt hij als redacteur mee aan tal van boeken. Zoals Over Tinnitus, over mensen die lijden aan oorsuizen en Op zoek naar vaste grond, een portret van de Somalische vluchtelinge Ayan. Beiden publicaties van Uitgeverij Manteau. Igor is ook docent van een cursus portretschrijven en schrijft in opdracht van tal van organisaties en bedrijven. Hij houdt van fietsen en droomt er nog altijd van om ooit de bolletjestrui in de Tour de France te winnen.
Netherlands
Junior
Gijs vd L
Na een decennium docentschap (Aardrijkskunde), volgde Gijs in 2018 een lang gekoesterde droom: een autobiografische roman schrijven over de eerste jaren van een betekenisvolle vriend(schap), spelend in zijn studententijd (2002 – 2004). Geleidelijk werd duidelijk dat hij zou blijven schrijven, bij mooi weer en het liefst in de buitenlucht, zoals op de Franse camping. Hiernaast is hij geboeid door de mens en “het bestaan”, waarin hij zich intussen ook uitgebreid verdiept heeft. In het schrijven van levensverhalen van anderen komen beide samen. Hij gelooft dat velen eigenlijk een mooi boek verdienen.
Netherlands
Junior
Cleo B
Cleo heeft Nederlandse literatuur en samenleving gestudeerd aan de Vu. Sindsdien is ze begonnen als tekstschrijver en beeldmaker. Voordat ze de Nederlandse Literatuur ging bestuderen, studeerde ze Illustratie design aan de HKU, ze vindt tekst en beeld dan ook allebei erg interessant.
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 States
Senior
Alixandria T
Alixandria has been writing professionally for over a decade. Writing is the catalyst that forever sets her soul on fire- the need to put pen to paper to capture the feelings, the sights, the magic of a moment. Her education has always centered around creative writing and psychology; understanding what brings us to life and the astounding way our hearts piece themselves back together again after immense grief. She has been published both traditionally and as a ghostwriter, and would be honored to put the magic of words to your story.
United States
Premium
Michael C
Before becoming a full-time writer and editor, Michael Coffino was a business trial attorney and legal writing instructor for four decades and concurrently devoted twenty-five years as a basketball coach, primarily at the high school level. Michael grew up in the Bronx. He earned a BS in Education from the City University of New York and a JD from UC Berkeley, School of Law. He plays guitar, holds a black belt in karate, is a workout junkie, hikes regularly, plays pickleball, and lives in Marin County, California.
United States
Premium
Kena S
Kena is an award-winning author, emerging screenwriter and percussionist. She earned her BA in English from OLLU, and her Masters in bilingual education from SMU in Dallas, where she lives with her sons. Her book, Kindertransport-a child’s journey won a CLC Award for historical fiction and The Unhuggables, won the Enchanted Page Book Award. She has written and produced official selection films and made her directorial debut in 2021. Kena performs with Goisagi, a taiko ensemble and is an endorsed Creative Percussion Artist.
United States
Senior
Jamie R
Jamie is a Detroit-born author and illustrator with a rich past in writing, illustrating, and publishing. As a creative and dynamic professional, she has published various works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including ten children’s books and four novels. Because of her acclaimed writing and artwork, she has made media appearances on CBS Detroit, TV20 Detroit, and several newspapers throughout southeastern Michigan. Her education includes two Bachelor’s degrees and a Master’s of Art Degree, with majors centering on English, creative writing, and education.
Canada
Senior
Tahiat M
Tahiat Mahboob is a multimedia storyteller. Her work has appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Global News, CTV News, Asia Society, The Daily Star, etc. She has also taught at Columbia University and CUNY. Her career spans two decades across America, Bangladesh and Canada. Along the way she took some detours, as a fashion designer, an IT technician, a community organizer, a data analyst, and most recently — for a hot minute — a construction worker. Tahiat is currently in the Online News Association Women’s Leadership Accelerator. When she’s not producing stories, Tahiat volunteers as a frontline healthcare worker.
United States
Senior
Charles M
Charles is a professional freelance writer with more than ten years experience. He’s written for The Atlantic, Washington Post, Slate, The Bitter Southerner, Slate, MOJO, The Week, and other publications. When he’s not writing about comic books, television, music, and movies, he’s writing web copy, blog posts, and press releases for clients. A self-proclaimed Beatles enthusiast, Charles loves the art of the interview, helping people tell stories that may not otherwise be told.
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