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.
All writers
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
Premium
Liz G
Liz has been writing and editing books and magazines for over thirty years. She’s ghostwritten bestsellers for people on TV (Suzie Fletcher from BBC’s The Repair Shop and Florence St George from Channel 4’s The Great Pottery Throwdown) or in the public eye (sometimes you have to sign a NDA so she can’t say who!). She’s written biographies about John Lennon (Short Books), David Bowie (Ammonite) and Nelson Mandela (Hodder) - to name a few. These days Liz is mostly collaborating with others to help them turn their life stories into beautiful books. But she always has a soft spot for everyday heroes and extraordinary characters - she reckons everyone has a tale to tell. By capturing individual voices, adding little details and scattering in a few special, intimate moments, Liz gets to the heart of every story…
Netherlands
Senior
Ilse M
Ilse studeerde psychologie en Franse taal- en letterkunde in Leiden en Parijs. Als freelance journalist schreef ze onder meer voor Avenue en Trouw en maakte ze radiodocumentaires voor Human. Ze is auteur van de boeken Curaçao Geschiedenissen (2004) en Antroposofie ontmoet (2015). Ze kijkt graag documentaires en films en houdt van wandelen op het strand, koken voor en eten met grotere gezelschappen, werken in de tuin en theedrinken bij haar favoriete koffietent Borgman&Borgman in Leiden.
United Kingdom
Senior
Vanwy A
Vanwy is an award-winning writer who has performed her work alongside Daljit Nagra, Imtiaz Dharker and Ian MacMillan. Her work has been exhibited in various art spaces and museums in London and Cornwall. She has been placed in many writing competitions and is published in a variety of anthologies. Vanwy has been a writer in residence at the Bloomsbury Festival many times. She obtained her Writing MA from the acclaimed Warwick University Writing Programme and her post-graduate qualification in teaching writing from the University of Cambridge. Vanwy teaches writing and her course, ‘Writing a Successful Memoir’, has been identified by the Workers Education Association as one of the most popular courses it has run nationally.
United Kingdom
Senior
Claire OB
As a freelance journalist, Claire has managed to combine her favourite things – writing, of course, but also chatting to strangers and making new friends. After nine years in London as a features executive on a national paper, she moved home to Northern Ireland in 2016. Most of her work involves interviews, speaking to everyone from celebrities to those who simply have fascinating stories to tell. Claire’s aim with every piece she does is conveying what people have to say truthfully and sensitively – and in a voice that sounds like them.
United Kingdom
Premium
Chris H
With an insatiable passion for people and a fascination with how life-threatening illnesses can be incredibly inspirational, Chris is the proud author of two critically-acclaimed books. Through competing in international sport and equipped with an entrepreneurial spirit, his life has been one of innovation, by pioneering new corporate performance concepts, creating new businesses, producing and directing TV documentaries and writing about life. He has also been a Samaritans councillor and trainer.
United Kingdom
Junior
Rosemary ME
Rosemary trained as an actor, then became a teacher of drama and speech. Between lessons, she began writing fiction and taking creative writing courses, including at the Open University. Reading Alison Weir’s books about medieval and Tudor women was a turning point; facts can be more extraordinary than fiction. Currently, Rosemary writes about personal finance for the web, the stuff of everyday life. Her favourite biography is Virginia Woolf’s Flush, an account of the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s dog.
United Kingdom
Senior
James H
James’ ten years in journalism have largely been about exploration. They’ve been about life and travel outside the comfort zone, getting backstage with rock bands, dropping into North Korea, or exploring climate change in El Salvador, yet one of his biggest and proudest achievements remains becoming a rare English face in Ireland’s GAA press boxes. Amongst others, his work has appeared in the Irish Independent, NME, RTE, Newstalk and the Sunday Business Post.
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
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.
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
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.
United Kingdom
Premium
Rachel L.
Rachel has more than 30 years’ experience in writing and interviewing. After beginning her journalism career on a Sunday newspaper in Australia, she moved to the Daily Mirror in London as a staff feature writer, which saw her doing everything from shadowing doctors to interviewing Olympic gold medal ice-skaters. After writing for a range of magazines, from the Daily Telegraph to The Times, she left newspapers for glossy magazines – first as deputy editor of ELLE, then editor of ELLE Decoration. After living in France for ten years, she is now freelancing in the Dorset countryside, where she continues to contribute to magazines and national newspapers as well as to a local news website she launched with her husband. In addition to journalism, she has published a book, Art at Home: An Accessible Guide to Collecting and Curating Art in Your Home, and ghost-written a story about a World War Two evacuee. She loves discovering people’s real life stories which are so often unexpected and extraordinary.
United Kingdom
Premium
Jeremy P
Jeremy is a prize-winning writer who lives in Cornwall with his wife and son. Alongside Britain and the US he has been published in places as far away as Lithuania and China. He has travelled all over the world researching his books; he’s been frozen in Siberia and burnt by the sun on the plains of Montana in pursuit of General Custer. Above all he understands what it takes to tell a story and would like to tell yours.
United Kingdom
Premium
Jason J
Jason is a novelist, journalist and best-selling ghostwriter. He is a career storyteller with plenty of experience in bringing memories, ideas and personalities to light. Before turning to professional ghostwriting, he worked with national UK and Irish newspaper titles and penned comedy sketches and factual script for regional BBC TV and radio. His ghosted memoir Slave was an Amazon best-seller and the primary source for a 2018 primetime BBC drama. You’ll find Jason easy-going, creative and absolutely committed to helping you tell your story your way.
United Kingdom
Premium
Desta H
Desta is a British-Eritrean writer, educator, and musician. Her short stories have won awards (Afritondo and To Speak Europe in Different Languages) and she was runner-up in Cassava Republic’s Global Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize, judged by Bernardine Evaristo in 2024. She is the former director of the festivals Africa Writes and Film Africa. A multilingual advocate for creative learning, she is also the founder of Languages through Music, a platform that blends language education with rhythm, culture, and connection.
United Kingdom
Senior
Caroline P
Caroline found her writing niche while working on her MA in Biography & Creative Non Fiction at UEA. She has written about a 1930s Barnardo’s child, the discovery of a GI baby’s American family, an Auschwitz survivor’s relationship with her tattooed prisoner number, and a Polish woman’s childhood years in Siberia. Aged nineteen, Caroline moved to New York City without work, a return ticket, or a plan. For twenty years Caroline moved between New York, California and London, raising two children along the way. Apart from writing, Caroline enjoys long walks, expansive sandy beaches and singing her heart out.
Senior
Sally MW
Sally has long believed words have power. In addition to personal creative writing, she works on projects for business clients, shaping ideas and stories into engaging narratives. Sally finds collaboration when writing rewarding. Client trust in sharing their stories means treating those with care and integrity is of utmost importance. Curiosity, clarity, and accuracy underpin her writing. Holder of a Monash University Bachelor of Arts and a Graduate Bachelor of Education from James Cook University in Australia, Sally lives in Dubai. She enjoys gardening, arts and crafts, walking and birdwatching.
Netherlands
Senior
Kim S
Kim is kunsthistorica en letterkundige en schrijft voor de Historische Kring Breukelen en de Vechtstroom. Haar passies zijn reizen, lezen en schrijven. Ze joeg haar droom na en maakte met haar partner een reis van negen maanden door Zuidoost Afrika waar ze een boek over schreef. Niet lang daarna verhuisden ze naar Kenia, waar ze vier jaar woonden. Terug in Nederland is Kim begonnen om mensen te helpen hun levensverhaal op te schrijven.
United Kingdom
Senior
Joanna B
Joanna has been a professional writer for many years, working as a copywriter and journalist. She spent ten years as a successful freelance writer, before retraining as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, which involved less writing but a greater appreciation of the power of words. Her most valuable insight from this work is the importance of storytelling. Everyone has a story, and everything falls into place when we understand that story. Her great joy now is turning thoughts, feelings, experiences and memories into a story that’s meaningful, coherent and satisfying.
Netherlands
Senior
Annet M
Eens journalist, altijd journalist. Dat is het motto van Annet, die na een halve eeuw nog altijd niets liever doet dan schrijven. Als socioloog heeft ze een scherp afgestelde antenne voor maatschappelijke en persoonlijke problematiek. Als redacteur van de weekbladen HP, HP/DeTijd en het maandblad Psy schreef ze talloze reportages over incest, verslaving, psychiatrie, ongewilde kinderloosheid, kindermishandeling, dementie en aanverwante onderwerpen. De reportages wisselde ze af met portretterende interviews met klassieke musici van naam en faam. In 2019 voltooide ze -in opdracht- haar eerste levensverhaal en wist dat hier haar toekomst moest liggen. Reflecteren op het leven impliceert een spannende zoektocht die ze graag begeleidt.
United Kingdom
Premium
Alison A
Having studied French and German at Oxford, worked for more than 25 years in financial communication and translation, as well as publishing a memoir of three transformational years living in Sweden with her family (So Sweden – Living Differently) Alison has a real passion for language and helping people tell their stories. She has lived abroad in France, too, and her work with Story Terrace has encompassed the stories of people from Denmark, Lebanon, Iran, Vietnam, Russia and Australia with the particular themes of family roots and culture which their international lives have brought, as well as those of people who have spent part of their lives in Germany, America, India, Pakistan, Wales and all around the UK. Her work has also included books with a business focus, including an insight into fintech regulation, a book inspiring people to set up their own small businesses and another exploring what it takes to start from nothing in business in a foreign country. She has also edited a number of books. Alison has written 25 books so far and loved every minute of the privileged relationship a StoryTerrace writer develops with their story tellers, and the amazing perspective people have when they have lived through decades of great change. An avid traveller, gardener, cook and lover of the arts, she spends her free time with her family, playing tennis, walking her dog Twiglet, reading, and going to concerts, the cinema and theatre as often as possible.
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
PRO
Premium
Roz M
Roz is a writer, collaborator, developmental editor and ghostwriter, working in adult fiction and non-fiction, including creative non-fiction and memoir. She works with all kinds of writers – from first-timers to seasoned pros, some of whom are transitioning from other written media such as radio drama, academic writing and journalism. She does story consultancy for a variety of media, including genre publishers and games developers. She's had even longer experience writing novels and non-fiction herself and working with editors in the major publishing houses. Writing and editing has been her livelihood since 1987. Where did she learn this? First, editing and coaching debut authors for Cornerstones Literary Consultancy. Then, ghostwriting novels and memoirs for Random House and Puffin. She can’t tell you what those titles are as they’re a trade secret and she’s bound by confidentiality clauses, but this work has given her a sixth sense for the powerful stories, themes and dimensions that lurk below the waterline. Third, teaching creative self-editing masterclasses for The Guardian newspaper in London. Last but not least, writing her own novels, memoirs and writing craft books. She's still practising what she preaches, every day. Roz has also taught masterclasses for Writers & Artists and spoken at the Chartered Institute for Editing & Proofreading. She's editor-in-chief for the Alliance of Independent Authors. She's judged major writing competitions in fiction and creative non-fiction (including the Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award and the Vine Leaves Press International Voices Award). And a manuscript she doctored in its early stages went on to win the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. It's hard to get Roz away from her writing desk, but when she steps into meatworld you'll find her running, lifting weights, dancing and training her horse in classical Freanch dressage.
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