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
Junior
Jayne S
Jayne has always lived in London; her academic direction being English Literature. She attended The University of Westminster and later worked in advertising as a copywriter. Her engrained enthusiasm to write led her to dedicate her abilities to construct personal accounts into characterful, yet notable biographies. Jayne recently interviewed her grandmother who at 94, may sadly soon lose the ability to engage and communicate her memories. With a list of poignant questions stemming from childhood memories, Jayne recognises the value of hearing her story.
United Kingdom
Premium
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John
John has always enjoyed writing since he was a boy growing up by the seaside in East Yorkshire. He spent 25 years as a sports reporter on regional titles in the North of England where as well as interviewing personalities, he attended major events including the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. A fan of films, John was a runner-up in the Lloyds Bank National Screenwriting competition, while a co-authored short - ‘Bicycle’ - reached the final of the IMDb Script to Screen Award. John has self-published three novels and is working on a fourth featuring problem child Chris Roberts as he tries to make sense of adulthood.
United Kingdom
Junior
Michelle G
Michelle has written, edited and self-published 3 books of poetry, a book of funny anecdotes about her friends and family, and is currently writing her own memoir which is complete and ready for editing. Michelle attended Bristol University as a mature student and graduated with a 2:1 in British Archaeology, where she researched for many academic essays and a 12,000-word dissertation. She is spiritual but not religious, open-minded, and non-judgmental. Her writing is often humorous but also relevant and moving.
United Kingdom
Premium
Sara W
Sara’s career as a journalist has taken her from the Insight investigative team on The Sunday Times to 5 years living in Miami and Washington DC researching and writing investigative non-fiction books to a continuing career as a contract writer for publications that included The Sunday Times Magazine and Conde Nast Traveller. Her research allowed her to travel the world while based in a medieval hilltop village in Provence, an experience she describes as a “privilege”. Back in London, she continues to find stories that excite and inspire her.
United Kingdom
Senior
Mike G
A retired army officer and well-travelled, much-published writer who can also strum a ukulele and recite poetry, Mike is a confident and amusing public speaker who enjoys reading, writing and classical music, history, geography, the Antiques Roadshow and a good wine, while also being one of the few blokes in England who doesn’t play golf or follow football. He has been described as a joyous man with some wicked ways, a ‘people person’ possessing lashings of sympatico and empathy.
United Kingdom
Premium
Edward C
International award-winning writer of fiction, researcher and published poet. Edward's written work, 'Bell in the Tree', about the goings-on in Glasgow, having found thousands of stories in historic council papers, was broadcast as a radio series and was a recipient of numerous international awards, including Gold and Bronze medals in New York for scripting radio dramas. His collection of special material including transcripts, news cuttings, notes, cassette tapes and artwork form a collection in the Glasgow Library. Edward has published books with mainstream publishers, he has written informational daily strips for the Herald and the Evening Times, and he's an accomplished painter. Dubbed 'the people's historian', he's an acknowledged expert on Glasgow.
United Kingdom
Junior
Radmila S
Radmila is a former Microsoft and Google engineer who fell in love with storytelling. Her writing experience ranges from computer code behind artificial intelligence algorithms, to presentations and demos for high-tech executives, to theatre plays produced on the London stage, to wedding speeches. Her favorite hobbies are surfing and pruning the vines in her parents’ vineyard near Belgrade, in exchange for pear brandy and barbeque ribs.
United Kingdom
Junior
Penny M
Penny came to life story writing by way of teaching, community arts and Civil Celebrancy, as well as volunteering with Samaritans and Cruse. As a Celebrant she’s written several hundred life stories, and she knows how to listen and help people tell their stories in a vivid and compelling way. Fascinated by the myriad of ways human beings respond and grow through their experiences, Penny loves working with people to create an authentic 'word picture' of their life. At home, she greatly enjoys the soap-opera lives of her twelve rare breed hens.
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
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.
United Kingdom
Senior
Jessica S
Jessica Shepherd is a former national newspaper journalist who loves capturing people’s life stories and helping to preserve them for future generations. She is a sensitive interviewer with excellent listening skills. Jessica has interviewed a wide range of people from teachers to business leaders and government ministers. As well as being a ghostwriter, Jessica is a speechwriter, copywriter and communications consultant, mainly for organisations in the education, technology and culture sectors. She has a postgraduate degree in journalism and a degree in French and Italian.
United Kingdom
Junior
Masimba M
Masimba is a screenwriter, novelist, essayist and blogger. He was born in Zimbabwe in 1976, and moved to the UK in 2002, settling in the North East England town of Middlesbrough. He has been published all over the world, mostly in the speculative fiction realm. In the real world, he takes a keen interest in international and local history, culture and society, politics, and, of course, biography. He believes that everyone has a story or a perspective of a bigger story waiting to be told and preserved for future generations, and is always ready to work with people who are ready to tell theirs.
United Kingdom
Senior
Linda F K
Linda worked as a journalist on local and national newspapers in England after obtaining an arts degree at Edinburgh University. She has travelled around the world and filmed the first litter-cleaning expedition to Everest base camp. Linda then returned to Northern Ireland, where she was born, to work in business PR before she joined BBC NI. She loves prose and poetry, so once her twins were teenagers, she took a master’s degree in Irish Literature (in English). Another passion of hers is walking the coastline of Ireland, north and south.
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
Katarina S
With an Anglo-Indian father and German mother, Katarina was surrounded by fascinating, diverse life stories from an early age. After graduating from the universities of Southampton and Surrey, she made a career out of listening to people tell her about themselves, as a health journalist and researcher. Now, Katarina very much looks forward to working with your story.
United Kingdom
Junior
Cailean C
Cailean is a Kilkenny-based journalist who began his career in 2018 with Goldenplec and has since gone on to contribute articles to both national and international publications including District, The Irish Times, Gigwise, Clash and The Line of Best Fit. Cailean is also the editor-in-chief of Soul Doubt Magazine, which focuses on Irish music and Irish culture through the lens of the creative. He has also got an MA in Applied Psychology from University College Cork, with a thesis on cross-border congenital heart disease in Ireland.
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.
United Kingdom
Junior
Stephan K
Stephan is a Creative Writing graduate who has been writing and reading ever since he first picked up a book and discovered the joy of the story at a very young age. Since finishing his degree at the University of Winchester, he has pursued many avenues of writing – from fiction and poetry, to journalism and copywriting for social media, to video scriptwriting and blogs. Stephan is also a passionate LGBT+ activist, and has been invited to speak at various events, both in person and online, to discuss gender identity, sexuality, and how to navigate the world as a person from a marginalised community.
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
Junior
Iris M
Having moved to London from the Philippines to pursue a BA in Creative Writing, Iris is a writer who mainlines poetry, screenplays and short stories. Her works are often inspired by religion, mythology, water, and films. Consistently published and shortlisted in various zines and anthologies since 2010, Iris spends the majority of her time wrestling with her muses and participating at local literary events. Snacking is also a favourite pastime. Iris is currently finishing up her Masters in Creative Writing at Brunel University, and aims to begin her PhD soon afterwards.
United Kingdom
Senior
Victoria L
Victoria is a former intensive care nurse who has been fascinated by the stories people have shared with her about their lives over the years, their struggles, regrets and joys. Now a journalist and writer, Victoria combines her natural empathy with her creative ability to help you reach for the words you want to say to craft a lasting memoir for generations to come.
United Kingdom
Senior
Felice H
Felice’s career has been in journalism. She started as a sub-editor on Vogue and Brides magazines, followed by many years as a freelance travel writer. She has written for almost every national newspaper in the UK, and for magazines such as Condé Nast Traveller, Country Life, and House & Garden. She has written 18 travel guide books, and has just finished writing her own family memoir.
United Kingdom
Senior
Hannah N
As well as being a skilled writer, Hannah is a fan of Marie Kondo and is getting ‘decluttering’ down to a fine art. Having caught the gardening bug during lockdown, she is enjoying her first crop of tomatoes. Her day job is writing about anything from personal finance and wedding fashion to homes and property. She has written for publications including the Sunday Telegraph, Jewish Chronicle, Ideal Home, House Beautiful and Moneywise, and has interviewed a whole host of people from top chefs to CEOs of building societies.
United Kingdom
Junior
Stephanie
Stephanie is a Creative Writing BA graduate with a 1st class degree, specialising in non-fiction. After her dissertation, focused on her great-aunt’s experiences in a Russian gulag, Stephanie worked as a freelancer: writing for video games, translating from French to English, personal comedic tales and accounts of experienced trauma. She wrote her first book aged 7, stappling the pages together and scribbling in an ISBN number on the back. Needless to say, writing is her passion. Stephanie is currently studying an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Hull.
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