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
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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
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
Nadia S
Nadia’s love of books and storytelling started from the age of seven when she discovered theatre and acting. With a vivid imagination and curious spirit mixed with a love of meeting people, she has always been a keen writer able to engage with people easily. Her career in drama and factual TV-making has broadened her creative horizons.
United Kingdom
Senior
Nicky P
Nicky is a best selling author, true crime buff, and has over 20 years experience working on B2B magazines. Working for professional member bodies such as the Federation of Small Businesses and Equity the Actors’ Union, Nicky got her degree in creative writing and had over 30 short stories featured in anthologies by publishers including Walker Books and Little Brown Books. She has 5 YA novellas published by Evernight Teen. In December 2020 her debut thriller, published by Harper Collins, became a Tesco bestseller.
United Kingdom
Premium
Garth C
Garth is a New Zealand-born, London-based, award winning journalist and author. Widely travelled and conversant with people from all walks of life, Garth contributes to The Guardian, The Telegraph, The New European and many other publications. His books include <em>Going For a Song: A Chronicle Of The UK Record Shop; Miles Davis: The Complete Photographic History</em> and <em>More Miles Than Money: Journeys Through American Music</em>. Garth loves to work with people to tell their stories, noting that one of his skills is being “a good listener.”
United Kingdom
Senior
Gillian M
Gillian was born and brought up in Lancashire where she trained as a teacher, graduating from Lancaster University. Writing is her first love; she is now a full-time author. Gillian believes that we are the ancestors of tomorrow and it is vital that our stories are recorded. Gillian loves entertaining, her garden, history and the arts. She reads voraciously and writes copiously. She lives with her husband and son, four cats and two dogs in an old Victorian house in the heart of rural Snowdonia.
United Kingdom
Senior
Nicki B
Following an extensive marketing career within the music, film and publishing world for Time Warner, Virgin and Viacom, Nicki set up her own PR Consultancy with Dreamworks Films USA as her first client. She founded ‘The Influential Women Podcast’ as host presenter and executive producer and has appeared as a radio guest and presenter on BBC Essex, BBC Radio Suffolk and Cambridge 105FM. Her passion for storytelling, positive good news stories and strong narrative with an emotive arch is what drives her stories, giving women and men a voice while supporting health and wellness.
United Kingdom
Premium
Michael H
Michael has been writing professionally since the early 1990’s. Published and syndicated around the world, he has worked as a columnist and contributor for The Guardian and other UK papers including The Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday, is a magazine features writer. He has been a contributing editor at Esquire for over a decade, as well as working as a screenwriter, author, and teacher. As a journalist, Michael specializes in arts and creative coverage as well as real life reportage, interviews, profiles, and biography. He has a particular interest and experience in issues relating to mental health and psychology. He has both won and been shortlisted for journalism awards in the UK including PPA and PTC writer of the year. Accustomed to working with A list and emerging talent as both a journalist and collaborator, Michael has rewritten feature projects for Warner Brothers and Disney as well as independent productions.
United Kingdom
Senior
Neil R
Neil was born in London in 1971. He has published five true crime non-fiction books with publishers including Random House, and writes for several national newspapers and websites. Neil is a member of the National Union of Journalists as well as the Crime Writers’ Association. He has also worked as a freelance English teacher for some years, and has worked abroad in several countries. He lives in London, spending time with his girlfriend Tracy and her daughter Shana. He enjoys meeting people from all backgrounds, reading, watching films and swimming (but doesn’t do that enough).
United Kingdom
Senior
Barnaby T
As a poet, Barnaby knows how to do more with less; setting a scene with a handful of words, or bringing out a character with the right turn of phrase. He has been published in various poetry anthologies, and had his own chapbook released. He has been a professional writer for over a decade, working up to his current role with an international educational publisher. A UCL graduate, his experience as a secondary school teacher in East London, Italy and Greece brings an awareness of community to his work. He likes old films, cycling, and people.
United Kingdom
Junior
Laurence C
Laurence is an experienced writer with a passion for languages and travel. He was fortunate enough to work as a travel journalist in Myanmar between 2016-2018, during its all-too-brief spell of democracy, and has since worked as a reporter for two newspapers on the Costa del Sol, Spain. A keen storyteller, his fiction has appeared in The Satirist and The Dark Lane Anthology Volume 12. He has an MA in Comparative Literature from The University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Netherlands
Senior
Esther T
Esther heeft verschillende banen in de communicatie gehad, maar in de journalistiek voelde ze zich het gelukkigst. Schrijven is haar passie. Met name het schrijven van human interest verhalen heeft haar voorkeur. Esther vindt het elke keer weer een voorrecht om naar de verhalen van mensen te mogen luisteren. Naast schrijven, leest ze graag en kan ze erg genieten van de natuur: tuinieren en lange wandelingen.
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
Kat M
Kat holds a PgDip in Professional Writing and has written for the BFI, British Council and Oxford University Press. She honed her interviewing skills through her role as editor of the UK Film Council’s Film Street website. Kat is a retired baton twirler and a former primary school teacher who enjoys running and researching family histories. Kat loves storytelling in all its forms: she reads voraciously, loves art, film and theatre and is a playwright. She can’t wait to capture your voice and enable you to share your unique story.
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.
United Kingdom
Senior
Ffion LJ
Ffion is a journalist, writer and editor, and book author. She lived in Canada for 20+ years, travelling and working from coast to coast. She's also explored places and people's stories in the USA, Mexico, Italy, France and Croatia. She now lives in Wales, where she enjoys speaking the language, and hearing even more stories. Ffion enjoys finding out what makes people 'tick': from managing a multi-national business, coping with a life-changing accident, or the joy of being a dog walker. She's also worked for UNICEF, UNESCO and BCUK.
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
Shirley G
Writing has been a common thread throughout Shirley’s adult life. When she was a young mother of four she wrote multicultural children’s stories – three of which were published. Later, she wrote speeches, campaign documents, research papers, government reports and a newspaper column as an environmental campaigner. Lately she’s been writing poetry and recreative fiction and recently took a Master’s in creative writing at Cambridge University, just for fun. She’s passionate about the natural world – walking, swimming and when she’s feeling slightly less energetic, just looking at it.
Netherlands
Senior
Willem C
Willem is schrijver, journalist en columnist. Het liefst schrijft hij verhalen waarin hij het kleine (zoals een treffende anekdote) kan verbinden aan het grote (zoals een ingrijpende gebeurtenis in iemands leven). Speciale belangstelling heeft hij voor familieverhoudingen, geschiedenis, identiteit en afkomst. Zelf is hij afkomstig uit een boerengezin. Willem studeerde journalistiek en geschiedenis. Hij schrijft columns voor De Gelderlander en publiceerde een roman en twee verhalenbundels. Naast zijn werk houdt hij zich bezig met lezen, films kijken, muziek luisteren en beachvolleyballen. Hij is getrouwd en heeft twee kinderen.
United Kingdom
Premium
Martin M
Martin’s memoir, Wild Card: How I Learned To Be A Friend, Have A Friend & Finally Love My Birthday, was published by Zuleika Books, including an Audible audiobook which Martin narrated. His articles have been seen in The Daily Telegraph, Eastern Daily Press, StageWorld Magazine and Overtures Musical Theatre Trust. Martin’s theatrical writing includes a play in association with Gyles Brandreth. As an actor, Martin has appeared at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Ambassadors Theatre (West End), Lincoln Center (NYC), West End LIVE (Trafalgar Square), and for BBC and Sky Arts.
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
Charlotte
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
Junior
Mica B
Mica has been a professional writer and journalist since the age of 12 when she became Britain's Youngest Sports Reporter and published her debut novel in the same year. Home educated, in the decade that followed, Mica has gone on to write, collaborate and edit countless books and articles published all over the world on a range of topics from hedgehogs and history to business and beauty. She is a keen photographer, loves a good classic and is a qualified archer with a passion for interviewing people!
United Kingdom
Senior
Josephine G
Josephine loves stories: both fictional and other people’s life experiences. Despite having careers in education and the travel industry, she always aimed to return to university and complete a writing MA. After graduating from The Manchester Writing School, she went on to have stories published in anthologies and literary journals. Her recent story ‘Going Downhill’ was chosen for The Best British Short Stories 2021. Having just successfully completed a ghostwriting project with a prestigious client, she welcomes the privilege and satisfaction of being trusted to bring personal stories to life.
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