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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Netherlands
Senior
Henk S
Henk (1960) heeft altijd een zwak gehad voor mensen die buiten de gebaande paden denken. Hij verkeerde tussen oplichters en criminelen, maar interviewde ook ceo’s, filmsterren, staatshoofden en Nobelprijswinnaars. Tijdens zijn studie Journaiistiek werd hij aangenomen door weekblad Elsevier. Hij werkte vervolgens onder meer voor de Haagse Post, de Haagsche Courant, Het Parool en meer recent De Telegraaf en Follow The Money. Zijn eerste boek, over het Octopus-misdaadsyndicaat, stond maandenlang in de boeken-top 10. Als financieel verslaggever maakte hij de opkomst en neergang van de grote Nederlandse grootbanken mee en aan de vooravond van de oorlog in Irak schreef hij een boek over de ondergang van Saddam Hoessein. Met misdaadverslaggever Paul Vugts publiceerde hij de bestseller ‘Hells Angels - Motorclub of Misdaadbende’. Hij richtte een eigen uitgeverij op, liep vier marathons, componeert elektronische muziek, is getrouwd en heeft één zoon.
United Kingdom
Premium
Jools AH
Originally from the North West and now living in the South East, Jools was the recipient of an Arts Council Award that led to the publication of her novel, Girl in the Mirror, a work of historical fiction based on the life of her Nan in Manchester at the turn of the last century. Published by Mslexia, Wasafiri, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and Walker Books, her writing has won awards and appeared in local and national press. Her stories have been performed in London, Kent and locally. She has ghost written over thirty books in the last six years, and three novels for children, was Writer in Residence at Talliston House and is a member of The Society of Authors. Jools used to be a teacher, in primary and forest school, and when not writing has adventures with She Who Dares, a group of ordinary women doing extraordinary things. She wrote a book about them too.
United Kingdom
Premium
Michael S
Michael, a former university lecturer, has a PhD in Creative Writing. He’s written seven books and been published internationally. He wrote a regular column (‘Good Country’) for the magazine Adelaide Review. He’s created a writing program for South Australian prisoners, ‘Life Sentences’, and wrote a book with his daughter Olivia, One Dream Ago: The Beatles South Australian Connections. As a Beatles superfan/supertragic, he was thrilled to edit the autobiography of George Harrison’s sister Lou. He loves speaking to people, finding out what makes them unique and then writing their stories.
United Kingdom
Premium
Francis W
Francis used to be found roaming Southeast Asia, where he lived and worked as a journalist for six years, writing for The Guardian, TIME and others. He published his first book in 2017, on the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and now lives back in London where he continues to write. He has a deep love of the craft of storytelling, and uses journalism as an excuse to sit for hours and talk with people about the worlds they inhabit.
United Kingdom
Junior
Tumi T
A lyrical artist; Tumi takes words and makes worlds out of them. From an early age, she discovered the quiet power of language: how a stanza could become a stage, a paragraph a palace, and how even the ugliest truths could be woven into a beautiful legacy. With a MA in Creative Writing, she knows the power of storytelling and believes everyone is a main character in their story. Therefore, everyone has a story to tell. She loves to travel and soak up the sun in different parts of the world.
United Kingdom
Senior
Elizabeth M
Liz has been writing all her life, and made it her profession in 2012 working as a copywriter, ghostwriter and creative editor. The holder of a first-class honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing with English Literature, and having attained a distinction in her Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing and Publication, she is currently working on her PhD in Creative Writing. Liz is immersed in every aspect of writing: teaching, writing and critiquing in the field. Liz is fascinated with historical and contemporary biography, as well as fiction. When not writing she loves crafting; trying her hand at sketching and painting; and photography.
United Kingdom
Senior
Andy B
Andy likes stories, and he likes people. He especially likes people with stories to tell… which is mostly everyone, really. Working as a writer back in the late 1980s, he contributed to music magazines and national dailies before moving into books, where he ghosted memoirs and covered true crime, psychic phenomena, and British horror film history. He has written two novels under his own name, and 28 under house names for thriller and sci-fi series. He has lately worked on documentary series and has also taught creative writing.
United Kingdom
Senior
Tanya W
Tanya writes, edits, keeps bees, runs, parents, bakes, reads… not all at once and some more than others. Having moved to the UK from South Africa in 2001 she soon found her niche writing for a magazine specialising in design and engineering. Her career has taken her from staff writer to the editorship of a number of publications in this field before embarking on a freelance career in 2018. She genuinely enjoys wrangling words and crafting copy, especially when it involves people and their stories.
United Kingdom
Premium
Amarpreet B
Amarpreet enjoyed writing stories when he was a child, but somewhere along the line he abandoned his writerly ambitions. In 2008, he purchased a copy of Richard Yates’s <em>Revolutionary Road</em> and his passion for writing was rekindled. Indeed, Amarpreet’s prose is so delicately rich that we hardly believe he sidelines as an IT consultant too, a rare and exciting breed of writer. He’s currently working on a novel, having acquired an MA in Creative Writing from City University whilst working for an investment firm in Canary Wharf.
Canada
Senior
Tahiat M
Tahiat 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 Kingdom
Premium
Dettie G
Dettie, writing as DG Coutinho, is an award-winning author, spoken word performer, and lifelong defender of human rights. Her writing career took flight when she won the Bloody Scotland Harvill Secker Crime Writing Award in 2021, paving the way for her twisty, satirical thriller The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin, published in hardback in August 2024 and now out in paperback with Vintage. As a published novelist, ghostwriter, and curator, Dettie excels at crafting compelling narratives that blend imagination with lived experience. Beyond the page, she performs spoken word under the name DGC and proudly co-founded and MC’d Boisterous Ravens, a vibrant spoken word platform spotlighting Black, Brown, and Global Majority voices. In collaboration with NAZ Project London, she co-authored the children’s book Activists In Action: Prudence Mabele, celebrating the groundbreaking South African AIDS activist. Her creative work spans short stories, scriptwriting, and ongoing fiction projects, including her novel Prodigal Honey, longlisted for the Exeter Novel Prize in 2015. She is Proud of her South Asian Indian and West African heritage, she feels lucky that she is able to draw on both cultures to enrich her storytelling. When Dettie is not writing or performing, you’ll find her eating anything with cheese in it or on it, obsessing over Liverpool football club, or defending her title as a virulent coffee snob.
United Kingdom
Premium
Barbara F
Barbara seems to spend most of her time in the past these days. She studied modern languages for her degree then worked in publishing and journalism for several years before having two sons. Since reading the letters her mother sent home from America in the 1950s – which became the book Bedpans & Bobby Socks – a few years ago, she has made a career for herself as a writer and ghostwriter of memoirs. When she’s not putting herself in someone else’s shoes she likes music, walking and spending time in the garden.
United Kingdom
Senior
Robin T
Robin is a writer and author who has written about subjects ranging from conspiracy theories to global surveillance, oil markets to North Korean tourism. He’s lived and worked in Chicago, Moscow, Beijing, Hanoi and Pyongyang, his most recent foray being Berlin in 2018 where he finished his debut novel, “Mr Whippy Goes to Schaumberg”, about ice-cream wars in Chicago. An erstwhile professional actor and freelance North Korea tour leader, he is currently in London working as an ambulance technician. When he can, he heads north to Newcastle to see his wife and dog.
Senior
Mai N
As a bilingual Vietnamese-English writer with 5+ years of experience, Mai has created and translated content spanning marketing, education, and life stories. She believes in the timeless power of words to connect, inspire, and endure beyond moments. Her passion lies in creating writing that lives, breathes, and continues to speak long after it’s read. Every project is an opportunity to shape meaning and share the quiet magic that only words can hold.
Netherlands
Senior
Saskia L
Saskia is journalist en tekstschrijver en heeft een speciale interesse voor het persoonlijke verhaal in zijn historische context. Hoe ontwikkelt een leven zich en welke rol speelt de tijdgeest daarin? Voor het Algemeen Dagblad schreef Saskia meer dan honderd afleveringen van de rubriek Van Wieg tot Graf, waarin ze nabestaanden het levensverhaal van hun dierbare liet vertellen. Haar grote interesse in geschiedenis kon ze voor die krant kwijt in de historische rubriek De Tijdreis. Saskia publiceerde twee boeken waarin het persoonlijke verhaal centraal staat. In Dordrecht, stad in oorlogstijd (2015, met co-auteur Caty Groen) komen ruim tachtig ouderen aan het woord die de Tweede Wereldoorlog meemaakten. En Dochters van Dordrecht (2020) bevat de levensverhalen van vrouwen uit de geschiedenis van Saskia’s woonplaats Dordrecht. Voor StoryTerrace schreef ze de afgelopen jaren meerdere levensverhalen en jubileumboeken. In de jubileumboeken over bedrijven of organisaties zocht Saskia ook naar persoonlijke verhalen die op de achtergrond spelen of speelden. Ze interviewde in en om Dordrecht eigenaren van oude familiebedrijven, zoals een chique herenmodezaak of de oudste zaadhandel van de stad. Ook een deurenfabrikant, een keukenboer, horecaondernemers, hoveniers, architecten, een voormalige circusbaas en vele anderen liet ze aan het woord.
Canada
Senior
Shreya K
Shreya’s birth outside of her home country in Singapore was a portentous one, setting her up for a life of travel. Growing up in the multicultural milieu of six countries, listening to people’s stories, their way of life became a way for her to integrate into new places. She ultimately combined her two grand passions for life and people by graduating with degrees in philosophy and journalism, giving her a platform to tell reflective and empowering stories. Her work has been published in VICE, Huffpost, The Independent, and others. She’s also a yoga teacher, poet, self-certified philosopher, and a firm believer of savoring every bit of life till its very last drop.
United Kingdom
Premium
Annabel V
Annabel has worked as a journalist for 25 years, mainly as a self-employed freelancer, writing general and historical features, travel features, and ghost-writing for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent and the FT. She also does book serialisations and extracts and appraises books for their serialisation potential. She has also written two acclaimed books, Following the Drum: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters, and To War With the Walkers: One Family’s Extraordinary Story of the Second World War, which was named as one of the Books of the Year in The Telegraph, The Times, The Mail and Mail on Sunday. She enjoys travelling (and travel writing), family history and meeting and talking to new people.
United Kingdom
Senior
Aileen OB
Aileen has always loved stories. From a book-obsessed child, she went on to a career as a magazine journalist. She has been privileged to be allowed into the lives of the famous and non-famous as they shared their experiences. As well as writing for magazine titles from Hello! to Ideal Home and TV Times, she is an experienced book editor. Aileen is a trained actress and has worked in theatres all over the country. Half Irish, she grew up in the Peak District and now lives in Hastings.
Canada
Senior
A.J. L
A.J. 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 instrument.
United Kingdom
Senior
Steve M
Throughout his working life, Steve has written for governments, companies and trade associations. As a British diplomat in the first half of his career, he lived and worked in parts of Asia and Africa and throughout the Middle East. He then got a taste for helping companies in the Middle East like HSBC and the Qatar Financial Centre tell their stories and promote themselves. His freelance writing since returning back to the UK has included speeches, reports and his own reflections on a long and interesting life abroad. He is a keen choral singer and a regular, but sadly under-achieving, golfer.
Netherlands
Senior
Walter H
Walter (1965) is een selfmade tekstschrijver. Heeft door de jaren heen een passie ontwikkeld voor mensen die in armoede leven. In Nederland en daarbuiten. Hij schrijft altijd met het doel om mensen in beweging te brengen om ook daadwerkelijk iets te gaan 'doen'. Om ze te inspireren om met zichzelf en/of een ander aan de slag te gaan. Hij is christen en denkt niet in hokjes of vakjes. In het dagelijkse leven is hij actief als zelfstandig tekstschrijver en freelance journalist. Een zzp-er dus, met alle mooie en minder mooie kanten die daar bij horen.
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
Senior
Luke LW
Since completing a Masters in Feature Film Screenwriting at Royal Holloway University London, Luke has written for the BBC Radio 4 comedy shows Newsjack and Show What You Wrote. He produces content for Robert McKee’s writing website Storylogue and also teaches literacy to pupils with special educational needs. He grew up by the sea and enjoys surfing, snowboarding and performing with numerous bands.
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