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
Russ S
Russ is a self-confessed geek who loves to explore subjects in detail. He has written for publications as diverse as Encyclopedia Britannica and Private Eye, for national newspapers including the Times, Guardian, and Financial Times, and for a large number of magazines and websites. He has edited engineering and scientific magazines, and is the author of The Physics Behind…, a book explaining the science that makes the modern world tick. He grew up on Tyneside, and lived and worked in Scotland, Sheffield, and London before settling in Nottinghamshire. He enjoys walking his dog and tinkering with motorbikes.
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
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
Josephine G
Josephine loves stories: both fictional and other people’s life experiences. Despite having careers in education and the travel industry, she always aimed to return to university and complete a writing MA. After graduating from The Manchester Writing School, she went on to have stories published in anthologies and literary journals. Her recent story ‘Going Downhill’ was chosen for The Best British Short Stories 2021. Having just successfully completed a ghostwriting project with a prestigious client, she welcomes the privilege and satisfaction of being trusted to bring personal stories to life.
Netherlands
Senior
Neda N
Neda has been telling stories with her work from the very beginning: first in TV, then in print and online. Fascinated with language and the possibilities it creates, it has taken her on many adventures: she has worked as a journalist in London, Sofia, Paris and Istanbul, an academic copywriter for Cambridge University, and is now teaching in Brussels. Her writing is published internationally in the London Review of Books and VICE, among others, and her literary translations can be found in bookshops in the UK and Bulgaria.
United Kingdom
Developmental Editor
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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
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
Senior
Eve G
Eve is a singer-songwriter from the North Wales coast. Her writing took her South to Cardiff, where she studied a degree in English Literature and joined a band. Her musical roots and love of poetry gives her writing a lyrical, visual quality. Eve lives in South Wales surrounded by nature, where she is working on an album and learning to surf. She likes to ask questions.
United Kingdom
Junior
Georgia R
After studying American Literature and History at Kings College London and the University of California, Berkeley, Georgia decided to pursue a career in film and TV. She currently works as a Producer/Director and has made a variety of content including hard-hitting documentaries such as ‘Learning to Grieve’ for BBC Three and more light-hearted content such as ‘Mimi on a Mission: Digital Detox’ for BBC iPlayer. Georgia is passionate about storytelling and has been a writer for Story Terrace since 2018.
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
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
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
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
Alice M
Alice’s writing is driven by discovery. She recently travelled through India, Nepal and Thailand, sharing stories along the way in travel blogs, articles and photos. Alice balances writing alongside teaching yoga and managing local arts projects. Since graduating from Queen Mary University of London with a degree in English and Drama, she has also written scripts and theatre reviews. Alice regularly stretches her way across the globe in search of adventure. She has been kayaking with killer whales, diving in the Great Barrier Reef and trekking in the Himalayas.
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
Junior
Angela N
Angela is a professional writer with an MLitt (Masters) in creative writing from the University of Strathclyde. She began her career as a playwright in the early 2000s and have written many plays for schools and festivals including the Edinburgh Festival. She regularly copywrites for commercials. She also ghostwrites for obituaries and other speeches. She is currently writing her first novel 'The Giraffe Photograph'.
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
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
Senior
Juliet E
Former journalist Juliet is a writer, editor and proof-reader who has earned her living through words for 25 years. Credits range from Woman’s Own to the Guardian and Berkshire Life. She’s the author of two non-fiction books, graduated from Winchester University’s Creative Writing MA and has won or been placed in various writing competitions. She was bitten as a child in Sri Lanka by Arthur C. Clarke’s monkey, but has since recovered from the experience. Other adventures have included cycling across Cuba and spending the night on a Land Rover roof in Costa Rica.
United Kingdom
Junior
Darius A
Darius' journey as a writer kickstarted with his desire to extend the memory of his existence past his lifetime, and with the mantra, "There is nothing more permanent than words inked onto paper". Studying English & Creative Writing at University College Dublin, Darius worked as a journalist, and has since published several short stories and poems online, and has worked on multiple long-form projects, as an active member on the Fiverr and Medium platforms. Darius hopes to extend his mission to others, and help them jot down their names and stories in such ways that would never be forgotten.
United Kingdom
Senior
Gemma A
Gemma is a freelance writer and Post Production Supervisor, with a BA in Fine Art from Norwich School of Art and Design. Telling stories is her passion, whether they are written or visually expressed in film. Gemma has lived all over the world, in Europe, the US, and Asia. She worked for Jamie Oliver in London, editing his short videos, and writing for his online content. She now works in the film marketing world, based in London, and as a writer for StoryTerrace.
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
Charlotte
Charlotte has two History degrees, 16+ years of experience in editing and writing. She also has a non-fiction book published, it’s about people looking to move into a healing/therapy career and is half interviews and case studies, and half her own research. Charlotte has a beautiful dog, almost 12 (11 and ¾) and lives in Kent on the coast.
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.
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