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
Premium
Conal U
Conal's driving passions are history and international culture. This led him to study history at the University of Edinburgh and work in Italy and France before starting life as a journalist. Over the course of his career, Conal has written for major titles in the UK and the US. Conal was particularly proud covering events in the Balkans and the Middle East where he lived for nine years. He loves anything to do with water, swimming, kayaking and diving, and this year he’s resumed playing football and touch rugby.
United Kingdom
Premium
Alice J
Alice is a skilled writer with a keen eye for detail. She is a self-confessed stickler for spelling and grammar and has a degree in English Literature. She worked in the Middle East as a journalist and freelance writer for almost a decade, reporting and developing stories from people in the GCC and Afghanistan. Alice has researched and written several non-fiction books for corporate clients and her most recent biography The Real Agatha Christie will be published by Pen and Sword in 2026.
United Kingdom
Premium
Emma M
Emma is an experienced ghostwriter and author of twelve high-profile non-fiction books. Born in Uganda, Emma grew up in London and Shropshire, and worked for nine years as a senior editor for Pan Macmillan Publishers. As a freelancer, she has edited and written a broad range of books, from autobiography and history to humour and lifestyle titles. She enjoys the interview process and delights in capturing people’s memories, stories and past adventures.
United Kingdom
Senior
Liz R
Liz started her journalistic career almost by accident. Having had a somewhat itinerant childhood that cost her significant chunks of her education, she abandoned school altogether at the age of 17 with no idea where her future lay. She’d always loved writing, so when she spotted an advert for a ‘cub’ reporter on her local newspaper she jumped at the chance – and the rest, as they say, is history. Over 50 years later, Liz is a ‘weel kent’ face within the Scottish media industry, with a wealth of experience as a news reporter, features writer, editor and public relations expert. Her own troubled childhood inspired her to join the Children’s Panel – Scotland’s unique system of juvenile justice – and she served for 25 years, often dealing with the most harrowing cases of abuse and neglect. During her long and varied career, Liz visited Kosovo while serving as PR person with the Black Watch Regiment, witnessing the horrific aftermath of the Balkans War, and even spent several years as editor of a caravan magazine, travelling the length and breadth of Scotland and beyond. Now semi-retired, Liz has four wonderful grandchildren and lives happily with her two rescue dogs (both of indeterminate parentage) near Loch Leven in Kinross-shire, famous for its links with Mary, Queen of Scots. She’s currently writing a book about life with her narcissistic mother; you can read part of its prologue below.
United Kingdom
Senior
Liz F
Liz is a natural storyteller and lifelong wordsmith, but most of all, a really great listener. She has spent the past 20 years writing for women's magazines and immersing herself in tales of people from all walks of life. She believes our stories are what make us who we are, and she loves getting to know the narratives that live beneath the skins of strangers. She's trodden an interesting and varied path that's led her to where she is now - a single mum of a wonderful 10-year-old boy. In her spare time she loves to play the piano, sing, crochet granny squares, and her entire wardrobe is from the 1960s and 1970s.
United Kingdom
Senior
Allie M
As a kid Allie wanted to write stories instead of playing outside. She started copywriting in 2008, and since then she's written everything from software reports to self help books. She's helped many coaches, therapists and business leaders bring their stories to life, with practical advice their readers can use to improve their life or business. When Allie is not writing, you’ll find her watching sci-fi or hanging out with her betta fish.
Netherlands
Senior
Edith T
Edith schrijft verhalen zoals filmmakers dat met hun camera doen. Haar stijl is beeldend, direct en makkelijk leesbaar. Zelf een liefhebber van pageturners streeft ze ernaar de lezer tot aan het eind toe geboeid te houden. Avontuurlijk ingesteld bereisde ze als freelance journalist en toerist de hele wereld, met regelmatige stops in Afrika waar ze in Namibië, Zuid Afrika en Oeganda woonde. Terug in Amsterdam schreef ze de roman ‘De bushsoldaat’ (uitgeverij In de Knipscheer) en werkt ze als journalist en columnist voor diverse media. Bij StoryTerrace staat Edith bekend als een allround schrijver die met iedereen om kan gaan
United Kingdom
Junior
Angela Y
Angela is a former school teacher and experienced freelance writer who has written for clients including Reader’s Digest, Stylist, and The Evening Standard. Because teachers never really leave education behind, Angela regularly produces educational materials for several careers and revision companies. When not writing for clients, Angela is completing her novel for children, which was longlisted for Write Mentor’s Novel-in-Development award. She also collaborates with her singer-songwriter brother, telling stories through lyrics and the beauty of music.
United Kingdom
Senior
Peculiar M
Peculiar is an accomplished author of over ten books and a pioneer in regional journalism, with experience at The Tide, ThisDay, and The Abuja Inquirer, where she became a UK correspondent. As a versatile writer skilled in health, business, Christianity, and women-focused topics, she is also an experienced ghostwriter with expertise spanning developmental editing and customer operations. She holds a BA (Hons) and an MSc in Mass Communication and volunteers as a career coach, which reflects her commitment to helping others while showcasing her unique creative flair in storytelling.
United Kingdom
Premium
Jim K
Jim has been writing full time for the past 20 years, creating articles, features and interviews on a range of subjects for a wide array of publications, including The Guardian, The New Statesman and The Big Issue. Since 2014, he has also written seven sports titles, the most recent of which, How to Run a Football Club was shortlisted for the Telegraph’s 2021 Football Book of the Year Award. A History graduate of Durham (BA) and Sussex (MA), when he isn’t writing, Jim coaches grassroots football and plays the guitar (albeit badly).
Netherlands
Senior
Carl S
Carl is geboren in Beiroet en groeide op in Libanon, Egypte en Syrië. Als buitenlandverslaggever van het Algemeen Dagblad reisde hij het Midden-Oosten en andere delen van de wereld af, en schreef hij honderden reportages, interviews, analyses en achtergronden. Tegenwoordig is hij freelance vertaler en journalist. Hij heeft een roman (‘Mijn beeldschone aandoening’) op zijn naam staan, en een non-fictieboek over de wereld van de islam. Hij houdt van een rustig en toch zinderend leven: heel veel lezen, ook veel schrijven, beetje wandelen en bij tijd en wijle erg lekker eten.
United Kingdom
Junior
Martin C
Martin has a degree in Linguistics from Leeds University, so he has a lifelong love of language. He's written one novel and published several short stories, alongside non-fiction content that includes interviews with Booker Prize-nominated authors. He's also spent over a decade honing his editing and proofreading skills while working in TV subtitling, which means he can spot a dodgy apostrophe from a hundred yards away. When not hunched over a computer keyboard he likes to hunch over his road bike, cycling over hills and through lanes across the country.
United Kingdom
Senior
Barnaby T
As a poet, Barnaby knows how to do more with less; setting a scene with a handful of words, or bringing out a character with the right turn of phrase. He has been published in various poetry anthologies, and had his own chapbook released. He has been a professional writer for over a decade, working up to his current role with an international educational publisher. A UCL graduate, his experience as a secondary school teacher in East London, Italy and Greece brings an awareness of community to his work. He likes old films, cycling, and people.
United Kingdom
Senior
Debrah M
Debrah is the author of 18 books across a range of genres, including thrillers, literary fiction, fantasy, Young Adult, children’s picture books (which she illustrates herself) and non-fiction. Two of her books have won awards, of which she is very proud. Debrah has also been a creative writing tutor, editor and mentor for a number of years and holds a degree in English Literature and Fine Art. In the past she has been an organiser of a UK literary festival and acted as judge for a number of writing competitions.
United Kingdom
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Lauren Howard
Lauren Howard is an editor and writer with several years’ experience working in some of the most competitive and successful editorial teams in the UK publishing industry, including Penguin Random House and Hachette UK. Over the course of her career, she has edited and developed a wide range of bestselling and award-winning books. Some of these include: Rambling Man by Sir Billy Connolly, a major bestselling memoir about the comedian and national treasure’s life on the road; My Beautiful Sisters by co-founder and former captain of the Afghanistan national women’s football team, Khalida Popal, which won multiple awards, along with being shortlisted for more, and was named both a Financial Times and Guardian’s Best Sports Books of the Year; and the critically-acclaimed, investigative memoir I Seek a Kind Person by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and Guardian World Affairs Editor Julian Borger. She has also worked on an extensive list of internationally acclaimed and bestselling books, including: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, An Immense World by Ed Yong, 1,000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei, Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake, Spider Woman by Lady Hale and How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. Lauren has worked with leading voices across science, culture and politics, including bestselling author of The Secret Lives of Colour, Kassia St Clair, TV presenter Megan McCubbin and music journalist Miranda Sawyer. She has extensive experience working closely with and nurturing the development of authors at every stage of their careers – from debut writers to established bestsellers – helping to shape ideas into compelling, accessible narratives with strong commercial potential. Alongside her editorial work, Lauren serves as a Trustee on the Board of the Charlotte Aitken Trust (CAT), alongside novelist and bestselling author Sebastian Faulks CBE FRSL, renowned literary agent Clare Alexander and Simon Murray FCA. CAT awards prizes, grants and scholarships to organisations that promote the creative arts; it is the principal sponsor of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and supports organisations including the Arvon Foundation, First Story, Young Vic and New Writing North, as well as the Forward Poetry Prize and a range of other projects across the UK. Lauren is also a writer, currently working on her debut book, and is represented by Janklow & Nesbit UK.
United Kingdom
Premium
LiYing L
LiYing is a multilingual Malaysian-born Chinese. She currently resides in Edinburgh, Scotland after many years of travelling and living in different cities such as Manchester, Paris and Hong Kong. A former Beauty Editor of Harper’s BAZAAR and Senior Digital Content Manager at South China Morning Post, her life has always been governed by her passion for writing fiction and poetry, stories that inspire and transform the human heart, luxury, and beauty, all of which informs and influences the ceremonial spaces where she also now creates and guides others to their greatest transformation and ownership of their creatorship in her work as a Tea Ceremony Artist. She writes primarily in English, but has experience in translating from the languages of Mandarin, Cantonese, and Malay.
United Kingdom
Senior
Peter H
Peter completed his MA in Creative Writing (with distinction) at MMU in 2004, after which he combined work as a freelance writer with a civil service career that saw him travel the world, forming life-long friendships with people from a range of cultural backgrounds. In recent years, he found publishing success in Hong Kong, where he co-edited two fiction anthologies and saw his latest novel released by an international publisher. These days, Peter lives in Lancashire – where at least some of his roots spring from – when he's not exploring his new roots in Argentina, from where both his amazing wife and globetrotting cat hail. He loves working on projects that offer a genuine connection, whether that’s creating inspiring educational texts for high school students, helping a Hong Kong shoemaker tell his rags-to-riches story, interviewing designers as an unlikely fashion correspondent, or producing a podcast that allows other writers, musicians and artists to talk about their life and work.
United Kingdom
Senior
Roger H
Roger is a writer and journalist, who was Assistant Editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme from 1998-2010. He learned his trade on weekly newspapers, before spending three years as reporter and feature writer on the daily Yorkshire Post. He is the author of four non-fiction books, one a sporting biography (Clough and Revie) and the others set in World War 2 and the Cold War. He lives an idyllic life in Suffolk with his partner, together with their pony, two donkeys, three cats, three guinea fowl and six peacocks.
United Kingdom
Senior
Emily K
Emily’s love of books and the written word has taken her across the globe on trips both physical and fictional. She started her career editing poetry chapbooks and literary fiction for Brick House Books in Baltimore, Maryland, but when a job to copy edit and proofread non-fiction books in Dublin came across her desk, she leapt at the chance to explore a new country. Now settled in England, via New Zealand, Emily spends her days writing and editing romance, historical fiction, and narrative non-fiction books.
United Kingdom
Senior
Neil E
Neil grew up as an actor, but quickly discovered the power of writing to breathe new life into tired stories, so he went to film school, where he worked on almost a hundred short and low-budget feature films. He’s written for film, theatre and radio (running Liverpool Playwrights from 2003-2007) and been nominated for a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award twice. After not one of the dozen fortune-tellers he’d consulted foresaw that he’d marry an Irish girl and father identical twin girls, he favours the belief that we’re each the author of our own destinies.
United Kingdom
Premium
Joy P
Joy remembers sitting in various classrooms, too shy to raise her hand. It was only as an adult that she realised those years spent listening had helped her to develop the skills to read between the lines – to glean what people didn’t say. Her journalistic spans nearly three decades and has garnered her two awards. She currently works as a freelance journalist and copywriter and has been commissioned as the biographer for a book that celebrates the lives of people working within the NHS, to be published in 2021. Joy has been told on several occasions by interviewees that she is, ‘Better than a therapist,’ which she considers high praise. She lives by the sea on the English south coast with her family and tortoiseshell cat.
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
Senior
Alison C
After studying English at Oxford University, Alison worked in BBC Radio making sound effects, mixing & editing. She learned the art of telling stories from the hundreds of scripts that passed through her hands. In 2004 she began writing short fiction and serials, and her work is published about 70 times a year in magazines including Woman’s Weekly and The People’s Friend. Shaping the past is her speciality; she tries not to get lost in the research… Downtime involves long-distance swimming and cooking, though not at the same time.
United Kingdom
Senior
Ron S
Ron is loving life in England again after eight years working in the Caribbean – despite London’s notorious chilly and changeable weather. He was a sports editor in the Cayman Islands but the lure of big city life again was irresistible, plus he is building awareness of his fitness workout Maxathon. A best-selling author and novelist, Ron is now a sub-editor on national newspapers, writing assignments and ghostwriting memoirs.
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