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 and premium writers.
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United Kingdom
Senior
Cate L
Cate realised she loved writing when she won a national competition, aged eight, for an essay on nuts. Curious by nature, she enjoys exploring the past, leading to a history degree and, later, a journalism postgrad. Cate’s career began with book reviews and progressed to editing magazines, bringing to life stories on everything from soaps to skiing. She’s also a sometime blogger, a mentor to students – and a Scot who’s wild about London. Cate treasures her roots; if she’s not out walking with friends, she’s probably planning a family get-together.
United Kingdom
Senior
Susan G
Susan began her working life in sales and retail management, but wanted to learn more about business, so took the leap and started an accountancy training contract with a mid-tier firm. After qualifying, she spent six years in various finance roles. In 2015, she began developing and audience-testing both comic and more dramatic scripts for theatre and short film. Committed to words and stories in their different forms, she retrained as a journalist and audio producer, works freelance, and is writing her first novel.
United Kingdom
Premium
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.
United Kingdom
Premium
Yvonne S
Yvonne has been a journalist for three decades. Her work has been published in The Guardian, The Observer, The White Review, BBC History, The Mirror and The London Evening Standard, among others. She lectures in narrative non-fiction, fiction and journalism at London’s City Lit, and teaches the personal essay module at Canterbury Christchurch University. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Know Your Place and Unheard Voices. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the Seán Ó Faoláin prize, Black Spring Press prize and longlisted for the Brick Lane Bookshop Prize. She is currently working on a narrative non-fiction book about the history and activism of the Black and minority ethnic press in the UK. The book will be published by The History Press in October 2025.
Netherlands
Senior
Carl S
Carl 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
Emma M
Emma is an experienced ghostwriter and author of twelve high-profile non-fiction books. Born in Uganda, Emma grew up in London and Shropshire, and worked for nine years as a senior editor for Pan Macmillan Publishers. As a freelancer, she has edited and written a broad range of books, from autobiography and history to humour and lifestyle titles. She enjoys the interview process and delights in capturing people’s memories, stories and past adventures.
United Kingdom
Premium
Joy P
Joy remembers sitting in various classrooms, too shy to raise her hand. It was only as an adult that she realised those years spent listening had helped her to develop the skills to read between the lines – to glean what people didn’t say. Her journalistic spans nearly three decades and has garnered her two awards. She currently works as a freelance journalist and copywriter and has been commissioned as the biographer for a book that celebrates the lives of people working within the NHS, to be published in 2021. Joy has been told on several occasions by interviewees that she is, ‘Better than a therapist,’ which she considers high praise. She lives by the sea on the English south coast with her family and tortoiseshell cat.
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
Liesbeth W
Liesbeth werkte jarenlang als film-editor en monteerde speelfilms en televisieseries als Baantjer, All Stars, Gooische Vrouwen en In Therapie. Daarnaast schreef ze verhalen en ontwikkelde ze scenario’s voor korte films. Sinds 2014 richt ze zich enkel nog op haar grote passie: schrijven, en in datzelfde jaar won ze de ‘Opzij Verhalenwedstrijd’. Liesbeth heeft een grote belangstelling voor levensverhalen die ontroeren, het hart raken. Ze groeide op in Tilburg en woont sinds 2006 in Amsterdam. Haar geboortestad en het dialect van de streek waar ze haar jeugd doorbracht, blijven trekken.
United Kingdom
Senior
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.
United Kingdom
Senior
Roger H
Roger is a writer and journalist, who was Assistant Editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme from 1998-2010. He learned his trade on weekly newspapers, before spending three years as reporter and feature writer on the daily Yorkshire Post. He is the author of four non-fiction books, one a sporting biography (Clough and Revie) and the others set in World War 2 and the Cold War. He lives an idyllic life in Suffolk with his partner, together with their pony, two donkeys, three cats, three guinea fowl and six peacocks.
United Kingdom
Premium
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!
United Kingdom
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.
United Kingdom
Junior
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.
United Kingdom
Senior
Deborah D
Deborah has worked as a journalist for the past 22 years, and in that time has written for most of the UK’s national newspapers and women’s magazines. She also has 18 books published by mainstream publishers. She has three grown-up daughters whom she adores, six dogs, one rabbit and a guinea pig. In her spare time she renovates properties, listens to music, travels and she loves walking, but not hills – she hates hills!
United Kingdom
Junior
Cinzia A
After growing up in Italy, Cinzia moved to the UK to attend university, where she earned a BA and an MA in Journalism while nurturing her passion for writing. Her professional journey spans journalism, content strategy, and long-form storytelling, enabling her to capture different tones, voices, and nuances. She is deeply interested in personal history, identity, and the small moments that reveal a life. Outside of work, you’ll find her reading, going to the theatre to watch musicals, and travelling, always seeking inspiration to tell new stories.
United Kingdom
Senior
Susan M
Susan 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
Caroline W
Caroline is a historian, passionate about telling the tales of ordinary folk. A proud Liverpudlian, she studied history at Cambridge University. She became a solicitor, latterly as a Director of Legal, but returned to study her first love, obtaining a doctorate from Oxford University. Her research, inspired by her port town roots, led ultimately to a fellowship at the National Maritime Museum. She is now writing a book based on that research, The Forgotten Boys of the Sea. See www.carolinewithall.com. She enjoys piano, dancing and activities with her family.
United Kingdom
Senior
Rosie P
Rosie is a novelist and yoga teacher. When she isn’t writing, she is either boxing in London Fields or teaching maths to thirteen-year-olds. Rosie studied English at Cambridge University and her first novel, What Red Was – the story of a young woman overcoming the trauma of sexual assault – was published by Vintage in 2019. Rosie has written for Red Magazine and the Paris Review, and is an adamant believer in the power of narrative as a means of both processing and celebrating the extraordinary experience that is being human.
United Kingdom
Junior
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.
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
Senior
Sarah L
Writing runs in Sarah’s family. She’s a journalist and editor just like her dad (heck, her parents even met in a college creative writing course), with nearly a decade of experience. After university she did grassroots environmental work and then spent 6.5 years at The Guardian. She’s based in Hertfordshire, UK, but often travels to her native Ottawa, Canada. She does ongoing work for Positive News, research platform Canvas8 and Guardian Labs. When she’s not writing or looking after her little girl, Layla, she’s running her ‘side-hustle’, an online vintage clothing shop.
United Kingdom
Premium
Nick C
Nick has been in national journalism for more than 30 years, winning three prestigious press awards along the way. Most of his career has been spent as a reporter or feature writer on the Daily Mail and more recently, The Mail on Sunday. He’s done his share of reporting from world trouble spots, including Iraq and Afghanistan, but admits he would be more circumspect about returning to either these days. He is married with three grown-up sons and lives in Norfolk. He loves playing golf, albeit badly, as well as decent wine and the buzz of good gossip.
United Kingdom
Premium
Alex G
Alex has been ghostwriting biographies since 2015 and joined StoryTerrace in 2017. He specialises in politics, history, the built environment & the law. He is the author of Sex, Spies and Scandal: The John Vassall Affair (Biteback, 2024), an acclaimed biography of a 1960s spy which sheds new light on an important part of British political and LGBT history. He is currently writing a book about British whistleblowers, due to be published by Icon Books in 2026. Working with his brother, Alex helped to research the bestselling Court Number One: The Old Bailey Trials that Defined Modern Britain, and a biography of the veteran anti-Apartheid lawyer Sydney Kentridge. After studying English at Oxford, Alex was a journalist in both the US and the UK and then spent 16 years as a Labour councillor in the London Borough of Greenwich, and worked in parliament. He has lectured about the history and development of London at the Universities of London and Sheffield, and written for the Times, the Guardian and Building Design.
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