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
Lance P
Lance has been a university academic and writer of non fiction for 30 years. As a Professor, he has a PhD (NUI Dublin) and four other degrees to his name. He has written three books, edited several others along with journals and is currently writing a novel. Interviewing people and oral history is key to his research. Lance has taught the world over: Germany, Brazil, Austria, Spain, Ireland, across a wide age range in formal university, school and community college settings. When he's not writing, he channels the depths of his writing experience to act as a private writing mentor to others.
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.
United Kingdom
Premium
John M
John was born in Southern Ireland in 1948, and educated at St. Mary’s Academy and later at London South Bank University. He has been a professional writer for twenty years. He has written six novels and ghosted eight memoirs with the likes of Penguin and Simon & Schuster. He also recently adapted Shakespeare to graphic novel format with Classical Comics. His work has been widely reviewed in the press; reviews and samples of his work can be viewed on his website: https://www.johnfmcdonald.co.uk.
United Kingdom
Premium
Omar
Omar is an accomplished writer with over 20 years of expertise in film and travel journalism. He is a Law graduate who has contributed to prestigious publications including Empire, Radio Times, Evening Mail, BBC Online, and Metro Newspaper. His career highlights include interviewing Bollywood luminaries and writing comprehensive travel reviews for major destinations and hospitality brands worldwide. Omar enjoys reading and loves a good thriller especially by John Grisham. He combines his passion for cinema, travel, and cultural studies to craft engaging narratives that bridge diverse perspectives and experiences.
United Kingdom
Senior
Aude K
Aude is a writer and workshop facilitator. Aude’s first novel was published by the publishing company Dagan. Aude designs and leads creative communications training and workshops for Expedia, UK Black Pride, Amnesty International, Stonewall, Livity, etc. She writes scripts and directs films. Her newest short film, Pearls, was selected at Bafta-qualifying festival Iris Prize, Wxool festival, and more. Her articles has been published in magazines such as Complex UK, Style Caster, Gal-Dem, Okay Africa, and The Guardian. She likes traveling, swimming, learning new languages and going to the museum.
United Kingdom
Senior
Gouri S
Gouri is a journalist and writer from London. She has been working in the media industry for nearly 20 years, including roles at the British Asian newspaper Eastern Eye and Al Jazeera's flagship media critique show, The Listening Post. Today, she writes for Al Jazeera and other international media outlets on topics such as culture, migration, history, race and gender. With roots in Lahore, Mumbai, Punjab, Kenya, London and Berlin, she has a passion to write about the unheard and untold stories from our rich and complicated cultures.
United Kingdom
Senior
Jennifer S
Jennifer is a freelance professional musician who studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She continued her post-graduate studies in the USA on a scholarship and has travelled internationally as an orchestral and solo musician. This has provided wonderful opportunities to develop her writing skills and her latest published novel is set in Italy. Jennifer is passionate about writing poetry and also contributes articles to various online platforms, including ‘Spotlight’. She now lives in rural Normandie, but continues to work in the UK both as a musician and writer.
United Kingdom
Premium
John A
There are very few subject areas that John hasn’t written about in a career that goes back to the early 1970s. Starting out as a general assignment newspaper reporter, he went on to specialize in covering white collar and organized crime. Moving to New York City in the early 1980s, he served as the Editor of the Economic Affairs Department at the Dun & Bradstreet Co., before moving on to a variety of senior communications positions with various investment banks in New York, London and the Middle East. In 2009, he served a temporary assignment as the speechwriter for the US Ambassador to the UK. He currently writes for several London-based magazines that concentrate on investment banking and capital markets.
United Kingdom
Junior
Helen F
As a published author of several books, two of which were oral histories, articles and short stories, Helen is adept at engaging people into relaying their stories in a relaxed and interesting manner. A Diploma in Creative Writing from the Regent Academy, London and a background as a legal secretary, has given Helen the skills to write professionally and precisely. Free time is spent researching her Italian ancestor from newspaper archives, online resources and original material; sewing with her vintage machines; enjoying time with the family exploring the outdoors, driving and maintaining their classic vehicles.
United Kingdom
Senior
Olivia C
Olivia has long been a lover of prose and the power of words to elicit a feeling. Her enthusiasm was sparked by the stories her grandad told her as a little girl and it evolved into a full-time career as a writer and editor. Olivia has headed up editorial teams in London and Paris and more recently she has used her talents as a force for good in the environmental sector. When she’s not writing, Olivia can be found growing cut flowers - a pastime she finds enjoyable and frustrating in equal measures.
United Kingdom
Premium
Julian GM
Julian is a bilingual award-winning novelist and short story writer from Brussels. He studied Creative Writing at Warwick University and has had success in a range of genres, including international amazon-bestselling fantasy novels and prize winning thrillers. He has published short fiction and articles in a variety of outlets: most notably, his work was included in 24 Stories, a collection of pieces published to raise money for the Grenfell community. He is passionate about history, travel and stories of people overcoming hardship.
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
Senior
Cathal C
Cathal has written articles on cultural and educational issues for a range of publications such as Irish America and Ireland’s Own over the past decade, including three books with The History Press. After completing his degree in English and Modern History at Queen’s University Belfast, Cathal worked as a genealogist for Irish World Heritage Organisation, interviewing clients and researching online records to trace their family history, leading to a successful weekly series in The Dungannon Observer. He is passionate about libraries, and campaigns to promote better awareness of Critical Literacy.
United Kingdom
Senior
George H
George is a graduate of the London School of Economics, where he studied human geography. He has worked in a national newsroom as a feature writer and is currently freelancing as an editor and ghostwriter, specialising in narrative nonfiction. He co-wrote Inside Allenwood, an Amazon bestseller about the life of a white-collar criminal, and has written and edited books which have sold thousands of copies and been turned into films. He also works as an editorial consultant with a UK literary agency. He lives in Norwich, where he spends frustrating Saturdays watching the football and relaxed Sundays reading.
United Kingdom
Senior
Eve G
Eve is a singer-songwriter from the North Wales coast. Her writing took her South to Cardiff, where she studied a degree in English Literature and joined a band. Her musical roots and love of poetry gives her writing a lyrical, visual quality. Eve lives in South Wales surrounded by nature, where she is working on an album and learning to surf. She likes to ask questions.
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
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
Senior
Gabriel F
Gabriel was born in Seattle and grew up in Manchester. He left school at 16, and spent his early twenties in Germany, recording, touring and working as a bike messenger. He gained a BA and MA in English and Creative Writing at UEA, going on to win a scholarship to study at Harvard University. Now living in Manchester, Gabriel’s fiction has appeared in various literary journals and in 2019, his story ‘Rockets and Blue Lights’ was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize. He is currently writing his first novel.
United Kingdom
Premium
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...
United Kingdom
Junior
Oliver M
After graduating from Oxford with a degree in French and Russian, Ollie has been learning more languages in the few years since. He has lived and worked abroad in several different countries, and has been writing pretty much constantly. He has produced short stories and a novel, as well as some travel writing. He is also a published translator of Georgian short fiction. Ollie runs the ‘Ollie and Sebastian’ YouTube channel with his friend Sebastian, which has taken them to a war zone and a country that doesn’t officially exist.
United Kingdom
Senior
Jackie N
Jackie has over 20 years of experience as a qualified journalist and worked at Good Housekeeping magazine and the Western Daily Press newspaper. She has written for the Guardian, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Woman and Essentials. Jackie loves finding out about people’s lives, not only dealing sensitively with tragedies but also celebrating her interviewees’ successes. She was named Business Mother of the Year in the 2014 NatWest Venus Awards and won an award at the 2015 Guardians Small Business Showcase Awards. When not writing, Jackie enjoys pub quizzes and travelling around the world with her eight-year-old twins.
United Kingdom
Senior
Annabel H
Since training as a journalist on an evening paper in South Wales in the 70s, I've focused on feature writing for newspapers and magazines, specialising in one-to-one profiles. I've always enjoyed the interviews as much as the writing, and for that reason, I have invariably ended up with far more background information and interesting quotes than I actually needed! I live in the country near the English/Welsh border. I'm an animal lover, a keen amateur photographer and painter, and a fan of many sports, with a lifelong interest in history and current affairs, languages, and all aspects of the performing arts.
United Kingdom
Premium
David S
David started his career as a journalist in 1990, working on sporting titles and interviewing legends such as Jerry Guscott and Joe Montana. His freelance writing career has seen him work for the BBC, Sky Magazine, FHM and many other magazines and websites. Having rediscovered his love of history, he enrolled on the Military History MA at Chester in 2002 before going on to earn his PhD. He has written books for Osprey and his latest work, on the British general William Howe, was published by Bloomsbury in June 2017.
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.
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