The Largest Selection of Specialist Writers In The World
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Carolyn R
Carolyn has ten years of experience helping smart, accomplished people take book projects from fond desire to published reality. She finished her PhD at 29 and headed straight into the Ivory Tower. Five years later, she sneaked out the back gate and never looked back. She loved teaching analysis, theory, and composition, but if she never attends another committee meeting it will be too soon. Carolyn has ghosted fourteen book titles and edited twenty more. She also has a mild obsession with puppets.
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 States
Senior
Tara C
Tara is the author of the middle grade novels Eden’s Wish and Eden’s Escape, published by Disney-Hyperion. She grew up in Tennessee and studied Cinematic Arts at USC in Los Angeles, California. While working in Hollywood, she realized her childhood dream of writing books had never gone away, so she finally decided to pursue it. She moved to Sydney, Australia and earned an MA in Creative Writing at Macquarie University. She now lives with her husband between New York City and their farm in the northern Catskills, where they raise grass-fed cows and pastured chickens.
United States
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Serginho R
Serginho is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Oakland, California. His work has been published by Voice of America, One.org, AJ+, Al Jazeera America, The Africa Report, Africa is a Country, Radio France International, and Amnesty International. He has traveled to and reported from over a dozen African and European countries. In 2012 he obtained an MPhil. in African Studies at the University of Cape Town. Serginho is currently Dean’s Merit Fellow in the class of ’18 at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
United States
Senior
Jehanne M
Jehanne grew up in Kuwait and Egypt before moving to the United States in her early twenties. Her love of the written word led her to work as a journalist in Egypt before studying book publishing in London. She has worked as a freelance copyeditor of non-fiction books since 2006, and is bilingual in English and Arabic. Jehanne loves her kids, pets, gardening, knitting, large bodies of water, and books, despite the fact that her husband is trying to gently wean her off going to any more book sales.
United States
Senior
Cecile G
Coming from a large family, Cecile “CeCe” understands the importance of history. She loves hearing personal anecdotes and helping others create art from their stories. As a writer and editor, she tackles projects from proofreading young adult novels to creating personalized crossword puzzles. Throughout her many years living in Los Angeles, she has written television scripts, one-act plays, and films. Her short film, Bruce, was honored with festival accolades. She loves comedy, science fiction, fantasy, and plain, old-fashioned reality. One of her life’s goals is to visit every US National Park.
United States
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Tara L P
Tara worked as a professional actor for over fifteen years, appearing on stages across the U.S. and Bermuda as well as doing cartoon voiceovers and commercials. As an author, she works in a variety of genres including health, marketing, travel, creative non-fiction, and fiction. Her current fiction projects include a comic book series called Moonshine Dust as well as short stories for Kindle. After living in Chicago, Miami, and Manhattan, she now resides in her hometown of Chattanooga where she loves to hula-hoop dance, hang with her pets, and make yummy messes in the kitchen.
United States
Senior
Richard K
Richard was raised in south Jersey, lived for many years in New York City, and now makes his home in the Hudson Valley. He is the author of Something to Say, a series of profiles of various artists discussing the intersection of art and politics, Abstract Expressionism for Beginners, and a novel, Petroleum Transfer Engineer. His work has been featured on Public Radio International’s Studio 360 and has appeared in the Atlantic, the Brooklyn Rail, the Forward, Akashic Books’ “Thursdaze” series, Flyover Country Review, and many others.
United States
Senior
Linda H
Linda’s writing career began in sixth grade when she tripped and fell on her way to the podium to read her entry in a short story contest and ended up winning third place. She has worked as a college writing instructor, editorial director, and freelance writer for the last thirty years. Her extensive publications list includes Chicken Soup for the Soul, Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping, and more. Her knack for carving out themes and helping writers “see” them serves her well as a ghost writer. She’s a respectable cook, and she’s funny, or so say her eight grandchildren.
United States
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Layla B
Layla found her love for story writing in the kitchen. A linguist at heart and by education, her previous careers included teaching English and working in online marketing and public relations. Her greatest passion has been traveling the world and meeting new faces as well as soaking up the smells and tastes of different cultures. Recently, she has been bringing her international experiences to life with cooking. Inspired by Proust’s madeleine, she is currently working on a cookbook project combining recipes with personal memoirs.
United States
Junior
Natalie C
Natalie is a passionate and determined writer with a drive to serve other people. She is an editor with an online music publication and 2 ½ years in the music industry under her belt. She is currently building out a van a sa project to develop her hands-on skills (although having a van to lug around in her travels doesn’t hurt either). As an avid reader, she is always submersing herself in perspectives outside her own, using this knowledge to spend time enriching her local community with devotion.
United States
Senior
Lori C
Lori lives in San Francisco and is a freelance Creative Director/Copywriter who knew what she wanted to be since the age of 10. In fact, when she was young, she would make her babysitter play “Commercial.” She has a BA in Advertising from Michigan State University and studied Copywriting at Portfolio Center in Atlanta. After school she worked at Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, Oregon and then moved to Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco before she began freelancing, which she did for a number of years. During that time she founded an advertising school called The Creative Department where, for five years, she and her staff taught many talented writers and art directors who are thriving in the business today. Following, she freelanced at Apple, Inc. and Google. Lori has worked on everything from high tech computer accounts to canned tomatoes and has won some awards along the way
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Cynthia R
Cynthia teaches in the Professional Editing Standards Certificate program at Queens University in Toronto. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. Her professional background is in publishing, journalism, and business. As a copyeditor, she specializes in mysteries and romance. As a writer, she has penned several educational books—from STEM to careers to dinosaurs— for middle -grade students.
United States
Junior
Crystal P
A Chicago native, Crystal got in touch with her heritage by studying abroad in Seoul, Korea, before college. There, she developed an unabashed curiosity for meeting people and asking questions about her own culture. A Columbia Journalism School graduate, Crystal worked in newsrooms and startups throughout New York City, interviewing entrepreneurs and C-level execs. At one point, she ran her own podcast. Currently, she writes for a startup focused on millennials facing a quarter-life crisis. When she’s not telling stories, she’s hiking around the Pacific Northwest.
United States
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Dana J
Dana Jelter is an Emmy award-winning producer and writer who has spent much of her career working in the entertainment industry. After graduating magna cum laude from Fairfield University with a degree in Communication and Media Studies, she weaved her way through various positions at companies including Nickelodeon, Lucasfilm, Disney, and even a small traveling theatre based in the heart of Florence, Italy. A native of New York’s Hudson Valley, Dana grew up with an interest in storytelling and creating unique characters and that passion continues through her work today.
United States
Senior
Linda O
Linda is an author of books for children and teens who loves reaching into the wonders of childhood in order to mine and craft stories. She’s published more than 30 books, including One Amazing Elephant, a middle-grade novel published by HarperCollins. Linda is also a journalist who loves to ask questions and to listen, as well as a songwriter, poet, and playwright. She holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College, and she teaches creative writing both nationally and internationally.
United States
Senior
Beth S
Beth, a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Journalism, is an award-winning journalist, best-selling Amazon author, and compassionate storyteller. She lives joyfully and whole, after overcoming childhood abuse, depression and breast cancer. From a young age, Beth has always enjoyed crafting stories, and likes traveling, hiking, sunsets, painting, laughing with her family. Married with five children, she loves to connect, splash in puddles and romp in the leaves. Empathetically listening as you reminisce, she will nourish your story to life, like an iris blooming in the spring.
United States
Junior
Kaitlin S
Kaitlin lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia, where she is pursuing degrees in creative writing and classics at Georgia State University. She was previously a literary fellow at Bookends Literary Agency and is currently a library assistant and the managing editor of Wrongdoing Magazine. Kaitlin is a mentee of Cassidy Leyendecker at Disney-Hyperion, and she also has social work experience. As a writer, she most enjoys helping people craft stories close to their hearts and believes that every story can inspire connection.
United States
Senior
Tessa Potgeter
Tessa loves adventure, fall days, and her three boys. You can find her writing on her blog, thewritingproject3.wordpress.com, and her published essays about Autism Spectrum Disorder on various sites, like Cooper’s Voice and Autism Parents. An English teacher for the last fourteen years, Tessa’s students gifted her with their stories from every walk of life. She believes people’s stories deserve a voice that tells of their struggle, love, and commonalities. Currently, she works as a writer/editor. Tessa’s passion for words guides her as she crafts stories of what matters most, life, the people in it, and what happens in between.
United States
Senior
Aissa M
A theater major in college, I began my writing career by writing and directing my own plays in the performance art spaces of NYC. In 2016, I decided to start freelancing and have since written in a variety of roles. I've performed screenplay adaptations of client autobiographies and treatments, as well as conducted interviews with artists and publishers to promote their work on blogs and websites. I am a creative first and foremost, and as a lyricist and creative writer, I will weave your story with grace and poetry while staying true to your narrative.
United States
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Caroline B
Originally from Manchester, England, Caroline craved adventure and found her way to Washington, D.C. early in her career. She worked for the World Bank for fourteen years and gained an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. Her business articles have appeared in Time, Huffington Post, and The Motley Fool, and her first literary project was penning the memoir of her Jewish father-in-law who escaped Nazi Germany as a young boy. She writes unremittingly from her home in central Pennsylvania and loves to explore trails with her dog, Addy.
United States
Senior
Irene S
Irene is a Spanish-born American writer who got her start in publishing at Marie Claire magazine in Spain. After becoming the magazine’s youngest ever full-time writer and traveling all over Europe interviewing fascinating celebrities and fashion and beauty experts, she moved to New York with hopes of reaching a bigger audience. And she did! Since 2012, her writing has been featured in Glamour, Popsugar, El País, SModa, People en Español, El Diario NY, and many more. She is currently working on her own memoir and is a City College of NY MFA in Creative Writing candidate. She lives in Brooklyn with her cat, Peppers, and hundreds of found-on-the-street books.
United States
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Anya L
A graduate of Yale University and Georgia State University, Anya makes her way as a writer and experimental performance artist. For her efforts, she has received grant and residency support from The MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Atlantic Center for the Arts, The New Museum, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and Flux Projects. Her work has been published and written about in The New York Times Magazine, BOMB, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, New York Magazine, Gothamist, Jezebel, and many others.
United States
Junior
Madeline R
Newly graduated from California State Northridge with a bachelor’s in journalism, Madeline has writing experience in school newspapers, from being a Features editor at Thousand Oaks High, to writing on the newspaper at Moorpark College, to contributing to The Sundial at CSUN. Her passion for interviewing, hearing stories about the lives of others, and writing fitting narratives of their life experiences has led her toward writing the more in-depth pieces that come with writing biographies. She also has experience working with exotic animals and is an absolute die-hard animal lover.
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