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
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
Margaret R
Margaret is an author and writer with a special interest in listening to people’s memories and getting them down on paper. Her latest book Creative, Successful, Dyslexic includes interviews with Darcey Bussell, David Bailey, Lord Richard Rogers, Zoe Wanamaker and others about their childhoods and beyond. She interviewed countless interesting personalities during her many years of magazine writing and believes everyone has a story to tell. Margaret is especially keen to preserve people’s memories for their children and grandchildren to value and enjoy.
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
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
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.
Premium
Anupa K
Anupa is a multi-skilled writer and journalist with decades of global media experience, including as an editor and writer based in the UAE. Her expertise spans launching successful media start-ups, implementing groundbreaking content strategies, and managing complex international image and crisis communications. A well-travelled individual with a background in science and journalism, she uniquely blends analytical depth with compelling storytelling in her writing. Beyond her media expertise, she is a passionate polyglot, gardener, snorkeler, and free-diving enthusiast who actively supports marine conservation. Her life is defined by deep cultural engagement—meeting people from CEOs to artists—and a creative spirit expressed through pottery, sculpture, and baking. She excels at crafting narratives that engage, ensuring she lets the voices and lives of the people she speaks to shine through.
United Kingdom
Junior
Fiona G
Fiona is a freelance writer and accredited copywriter, editor and proofreader, creating copy for small businesses and entrepreneurs. She loves building relationships with her clients, who range from life coaches to holistic therapists, telling their life stories and sharing their business messages. Before becoming a freelance writer, Fiona spent many years working in the heritage and cultural sector, crafting narratives about people with objects and art. Telling people’s stories is in her blood! When she’s not being a word nerd, she loves having outdoor adventures with her son, Ted, reading and visiting museums.
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.
United Kingdom
Premium
Ian S
Ian has written for the Financial Times, the Independent, and won the London round of The Stage newspaper’s New Theatre Critic Search 2016. He also writes fiction, and his short stories have appeared in numerous books and magazines. Sally Rooney praised his story Cute on The Stinging Fly Podcast, and his piece Legs and Feet Dangling was read out at legendary Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company. Ian has been interviewed by Litro magazine about his work and is seeking a publisher for his first collection of short stories.
United Kingdom
Senior
Lorraine L
Lorraine has always been creative. In fact, at the age of thirteen, she won first prize in a songwriting competition. Before becoming a writer, Lorraine worked as a nurse, receiving university qualifications from both Dublin and Galway City. Her passion for writing has taken on a whole new level in recent years. She self-published her childhood memoir in 2020 and her adult memoir in 2021. Lorraine is truly an altruistic writer combining compassion with professional editing. She now works as a freelance author, specialising in memoir creation.
United Kingdom
Junior
Iris G
Iris is a London-based freelance journalist, copywriter and aspiring novelist. Having grown up in France with a French father and Yorkshire-born mother, Iris moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA, before landing in London in 2017. Her work, which mainly spans lifestyle, wellness, relationships and pop culture, has appeared in a wide range of publications, including InStyle, Stylist, Metro, Cosmopolitan, SheKnows, Alma and more. When not firmly planted behind her pink laptop, she can be found at various fitness classes or at the cinema for the third time that week.
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
Amanda T
Amanda started her career in newspapers, then moved on to medical journals in the UK and Middle East. As well as writing short stories for women’s magazines in the UK, she worked for the Royal Mail, the UK Police Force and the NHS on their in-house magazines and has taught creative writing in prisons. Amanda’s clients range from a former MI5 agent to a brain tumour sufferer. Amanda loves meeting new people and has a passion for helping them tell their own unique stories.
Canada
Senior
Katia J P
If wealth were measured by obsessions, Katia would have one hefty pot of gold, filled to the brim. This freelance writer has reported on everything from culinary diplomacy to wearable art, and the artists and creatives behind such trends for print and digital publications alike. Her curiosities extend to travel, sated in recent years with cultural jaunts through London, Dublin, and Lyon, among other locales. In her spare time, she writes short stories, poems, and essays, all the while perfecting her plank and dreaming up her next solo sojourn.
United Kingdom
Premium
Jamie M
Educated at Edinburgh College of Art, Jamie subsequently worked for Sotheby’s where he ran the Victorian paintings department before setting up his own commercial art gallery, for which he produced many catalogues. He wrote a monthly column for House and Garden for seven years. He has also written for the Observer, Evening Standard and New Statesman. In 1995 he founded the Erotic Review, a literary/lifestyle magazine which he edited until 2023. In 2014 he joined the CMM literary agency. He loves travel, cycling, cooking, music and life with his family.
United Kingdom
Senior
Saima L
Saima’s passion for journalism and psychology amalgamated to forge a career spanning 20 plus years as a freelance researcher, writer, therapist, psychologist and coach. She has a love for learning and a basketful of qualifications, right up to doctorate level. Saima is privileged to have interviewed thousands of people from across the globe, all with varied and colourful lives and no one story the same. She has stayed busy writing articles and working with journalists to produce magazine and newspaper content, focused on popular psychology articles.
United Kingdom
Senior
Mona P
Mona has been writing and producing travel programs, documentaries, TV specials, commercials, corporate videos, and off-the-wall events for the best part of two decades. Her magazine articles have seen print in several countries, and she published a music, arts and events magazine for three years. She is a fountain of semi-useless information, and when she grows up, she’s going to be a visual artist. Mona graduated with a double degree in Psychology, and Guidance & Counselling but she never went into practice. Instead, she took her sense of empathy and excellent interviewing skills on the road to support her wanderlust. The ability to connect to people is a gift which she pays forward by writing stories that engage and encourage.
PRO
Premium
Jason O
Jason is an award-winning author and ghostwriter of ten books under his own name and has ghostwritten several bestsellers for leading political, business, and media figures. He wrote the authorised biography of an Irish Prime Minister (Transworld) and has ghostwritten a #1 title on The Irish Times bestsellers list for a senior government minister, a #2 bestseller for an iconic TV broadcaster, and the life story of Fr Shay Cullen, a four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee. His book The Gilligan Tapes was adapted into the three-part Amazon Prime documentary Confessions of a Crime Boss, which he also directed. Jason holds an MA in Political Communication and a BA in Humanities from Dublin City University.
Netherlands
Senior
Erik R
Erik is an American fiction writer living in Amsterdam with his three sons, his wife, his dog, and his cat. He has been teaching writing for nearly twenty years and has been published widely including The Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times. He often writes about autism, disability, cycling, family, and being an ex-pat. His latest novel, To The Mountain, is about a father who loses his autistic son in the mountains of Colorado during a blizzard.
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
Senior
Kate R
Helping people tell their stories has been Kate’s privilege over four careers and two continents. An American living in the UK, she has worked in television news, corporate communications and a tech start-up. In every role, Kate has worked to reveal important messages and themes and convey them in the best way for each audience. In this, her fourth - and favourite - storytelling career, she loves finding the hidden gems in customer stories, bringing to life their experiences and knowledge for the benefit of generations to come.
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
Dale M
Dale is a professional writer and former child who has his very own star sign. As a jack of no trades and a master of fewer, Dale has been stringing sentences together for marketing companies, blogs and magazines for the past five years. He has established his own Publishing Company, which is responsible for the successful monthly magazine ‘This Is Empty.’ This has seen him interview comedians, rappers and TV Personalities. Dale is also in the process of finalising his first novel, ‘All Things In Between’ for release later this year.
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.
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