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
Senior
Rosie P
Rosie is a novelist and yoga teacher. When she isn’t writing, she is either boxing in London Fields or teaching maths to thirteen-year-olds. Rosie studied English at Cambridge University and her first novel, What Red Was – the story of a young woman overcoming the trauma of sexual assault – was published by Vintage in 2019. Rosie has written for Red Magazine and the Paris Review, and is an adamant believer in the power of narrative as a means of both processing and celebrating the extraordinary experience that is being human.
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
Junior
Fiona B
Fiona’s passion for words was born in childhood, as she made up bedtime stories to help her brother sleep – though sometimes they kept him awake instead! She has a Master’s degree in English, and spent years honing her skills as a copywriter, then as creative director, at top international advertising agencies like BBDO, Young & Rubicam, and Ogilvy & Mather. Since moving to the UK from South Africa in 2019 (and staying at home like the rest of the world), she has rediscovered the art of storytelling purely for the love of it.
United Kingdom
Senior
Sarah L
Writing runs in Sarah’s family. She’s a journalist and editor just like her dad (heck, her parents even met in a college creative writing course), with nearly a decade of experience. After university she did grassroots environmental work and then spent 6.5 years at The Guardian. She’s based in Hertfordshire, UK, but often travels to her native Ottawa, Canada. She does ongoing work for Positive News, research platform Canvas8 and Guardian Labs. When she’s not writing or looking after her little girl, Layla, she’s running her ‘side-hustle’, an online vintage clothing shop.
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.
Netherlands
Junior
Gijs vd L
Na een decennium docentschap (Aardrijkskunde), volgde Gijs in 2018 een lang gekoesterde droom: een autobiografische roman schrijven over de eerste jaren van een betekenisvolle vriend(schap), spelend in zijn studententijd (2002 – 2004). Geleidelijk werd duidelijk dat hij zou blijven schrijven, bij mooi weer en het liefst in de buitenlucht, zoals op de Franse camping. Hiernaast is hij geboeid door de mens en “het bestaan”, waarin hij zich intussen ook uitgebreid verdiept heeft. In het schrijven van levensverhalen van anderen komen beide samen. Hij gelooft dat velen eigenlijk een mooi boek verdienen.
United Kingdom
Premium
Peter B
Peter has published 20+ titles, either as named author or ghost writer, by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Orion and others. Peter has also written for The Guardian, The Independent, and Kensington & Chelsea Today and has wide commercial experience in the fashion industry, publishing, furniture and antiques retailing. An enthusiastic walker, Peter has undertaken a number of long walks, most notably from Sarajevo to Medjugorje in Bosnia; now widely in Wales and the Marches.
United Kingdom
Developmental Editor
Kate Walsh
Kate entered the publishing industry via in-house foreign rights in a literary agency, moving on to academic editorial and landing in hugely commercial non-fiction agenting for the past nine years. As an agent, she worked predominantly with talent-led and celebrity memoirs, autobiographies and biographies, as well as a broad spectrum of music, history and sport titles, and was instrumental in the success of some of the biggest non-fiction bestsellers of the last few years. Bringing out the true essence and emotion of someone’s story is her bread and butter, and she’s passionate about honest, resonating storytelling. In her free time, Kate loves theatre, travel, snow sports and sampling London’s ever-growing restaurant selection.
United Kingdom
Developmental Editor
Claire Dean
With more than 21 years’ experience in the publishing industry, Claire Dean (UK) has established great working relationships with many prestigious publishing houses, including HarperCollins, Orion/Hachette, Hay House, Bloomsbury, Bonnier, Poolbeg and Flame Tree. A few years back, she co-founded a limited publishing company to help authors bring their work up to a publishable standard, get their book in print and keep their work in the marketplace. She has edited hundreds of manuscripts, from fiction to nonfiction, including the Sunday Times bestseller Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face by British boxing legend Tony Bellew (Orion); the #1 Sunday Times bestsellers Good Vibes, Good Life and Healing is the New High by Vex King (Hay House UK); and the New York Times bestseller The Sisters of Auschwitz by Roxane van Iperen (Harper).
United Kingdom
Senior
Lauren S
Lauren has been in love with the written word since childhood, a passion for storytelling that has come to define every aspect of her life and career. Following a BA in English Literature and an MA in publishing, she has spent many happy years as both a staff and freelance ghost writer specialising in memoir and biography. Lauren has written for a range of private clients and public figures, including political activists, models, inventors and artists. She is committed to amplifying unheard voices, and a creative process rooted in curiosity and compassion.
United Kingdom
Developmental Editor
Elaine Tuffery
Elaine has over 25 years’ experience in publishing as an editor, commissioning editor, development editor and publisher. Born and raised in Bristol with degrees in History and Law, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Elaine worked as a paralegal for a commercial law firm in London and then in various publishing roles for professional law publishers. Moving from the hustle and bustle of London to rural Oxfordshire, Elaine worked for publishers on professional, vocational and educational texts. At Oxford University Press, she set up and managed a team of development editors working on new works and major new editions. For the last 15 years, Elaine has been working as a freelance editor on vocational, academic and educational texts for a range of publishers. Her interests include travel and award-winning photography which she was able to combine some years ago on a six-month sabbatical to travel the world. When she isn’t busy with her two children, she enjoys reading, cycling, walking her dog around the country lanes of her village, coffee with friends and volunteering for local charities.
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
Junior
Lee W
Lee is a former literary agent of Pendle Hill Literary TV & Film Agency and has been a Member of the Chartered Medical Board for the last two decades. As a chartered musculoskeletal & orthopaedic specialist with interests in respiratory and mental health, Lee has had a long career as a medico-legal expert for the law courts. A prolific writer of true life, and fantasy fiction too, Lee holds an MA and Ph.D in English Literature and Creative Writing, and is the founder and host of Parchment-Inks Mentoring group. Additionally, Lee is a former British Heavyweight Gold Medallist Mixed Martial Arts Champion - a world champion contender - a former firefighter, and fell runner.
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
Junior
Vikki C
Vikki’s mantra in life is to create a meaningful connection for and with others, whether that is through reading personal anecdotes or encouraging honest discussion. She has learned, through years of yoga practice, that it is via vulnerability and authenticity our experiences resonate with those we wish to share ourselves with. Vikki’s journalism and history degree from Queen Mary, UoL, ignited her curiosity, exploration and love for storytelling. Her writing work, and work with parents and their babies, aims to help others discover and take pride in their own voice.
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.
Netherlands
Junior
Ahmad R
Ahmad (Meppel, 1989) begon zijn schrijfcarrière in 2013, toen zijn eerste Disney-scenario bij weekblad Donald Duck werd geaccepteerd. Vervolgens ging hij ook als freelance redactiemedewerker bij het vrolijke weekblad aan de slag. Sindsdien ging zijn loopbaan in sneltreinvaart. Zo vertaalde hij onder andere stripboeken vanuit het Engels en Turks, schreef artikelen voor diverse stripinformatiebladen, werd columnist en journalist bij een krant en staat hij momenteel onder contract bij meerdere uitgeverijen om diverse (strip)boeken te schrijven. In zijn vrije tijd brengt Ahmad het liefst tijd door met zijn zoon, Ibke.
United Kingdom
Premium
Fuad O
Fuad is a former entertainment journalist whose love of stories led him to his current position as a film producer, script advisor, story analyst and screenwriter. Having worked for over two decades in Hollywood and Bollywood, Fuad believes everyone has a great story to tell and enjoys hearing and documenting stories, then elevating them to allow a life’s lesson to take on thematic messages in hope of inspiring others. He’s ghostwritten biographies, been commissioned to write and edit film scripts and interviewed some true legends of the screen. Your story could be next!
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.
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
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.
Netherlands
Senior
Joep B
Joep B schreef een portret van Neelie Kroes in De Nederlandse Eurocommissarissen en in 2016 verscheen zijn biografie van Jan Terlouw. Hij is redacteur van Biografieportaal.nl, interviewde schrijvers, tekende persoonlijke verhalen op en publiceerde in onder meer NRC Handelsblad en Trouw. Joep werkte voor provincies, het rijk en de Europese Unie. In 2017 volgt hij de post doctorale opleiding journalistiek aan de Erasmusuniversiteit.
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
Jackie N
Jackie has over 20 years of experience as a qualified journalist and worked at Good Housekeeping magazine and the Western Daily Press newspaper. She has written for the Guardian, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Woman and Essentials. Jackie loves finding out about people’s lives, not only dealing sensitively with tragedies but also celebrating her interviewees’ successes. She was named Business Mother of the Year in the 2014 NatWest Venus Awards and won an award at the 2015 Guardians Small Business Showcase Awards. When not writing, Jackie enjoys pub quizzes and travelling around the world with her eight-year-old twins.
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