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 or premium writer.
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Pamela F
Pamela is an award-winning journalist (The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Miami Herald) and nonfiction author who has written about everything from natural disasters, business, and politics to health, science, and parenting. She has taught writing and editing at universities and co-wrote a triple memoir published by Little, Brown & Co. in the U.S. and five other countries that Oprah’s “O” Magazine called “A Tome of the Brave.” Pamela earned her master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and she currently freelances as a writer and book editor.
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Orianne D
Orianne’s favorite aspects of life include new places to visit, new books to read, and new friends to meet. A graduate of Yale University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Columbia Law School, Orianne left her legal career to pursue her true love: writing. She recently optioned a screenplay with a major film company and is currently revising a historical novel. She is also working on a second screenplay and a collection of short stories. Orianne enjoys running marathons, playing the violin, and studying art history.
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Oren R
A journalist turned ghostwriter with two decades of high-level editorial experience, Oren has penned words for a long list of prominent figures, including a United Nations secretary general, a leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and a world-renowned military scholar. Oren has crafted the life stories of a history-making Mideast peacemaker and the CEO of America’s largest local philanthropy, among others, and his work has been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Boston Globe. Prior to ghostwriting, Oren worked as the opinion editor of the Forward newspaper.
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Nikki C
Nikki spent her early career in the world of feature film story development in Los Angeles, with stints at Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, and Propaganda Films. Eventually, she discovered documentary filmmaking, and fell in love with the world of creative nonfiction. Nikki started Life-Portraits Documentaries to capture biographical documentaries for everyday people. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Sierra Nevada College and is an adjunct instructor in Visual Media and English at Nevada State College. She is also the founder and executive director of the Nevada Women’s Film Festival.
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Nicki W E
An award-winning newspaper and magazine journalist and the author of Chasing Cosby, Nicki has covered some of the nation’s biggest stories. She was a senior writer at PEOPLE magazine where she specialized in stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and a crime investigative writer at the Philadelphia Daily News. She has a master’ degree in criminal justice and is about to publish her second book. Nicki moved around the East Coast a lot as a child and now lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband, two dogs and cat.
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Nicholas C
Nicholas’ passion for storytelling began at an early age, prompted by a love of science fiction novels, comic books, and horror movies. His award-winning novel, Pale Highway, is influenced by his experience working with Alzheimer’s patients in a nursing home, a subject that he has also written about for publications such as Vox, Alzheimers.net, and HeadStuff.org. When not busy writing, Nicholas spends his time reading, traveling to new places, and indulging in a lifelong coffee habit.
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Nan B
A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Nan first plied her sheepskin marketing bestsellers at Doubleday Publishing, then moved to the mad world of money on Wall Street where she marketed high tech financial services for Merrill Lynch and Citibank. Following that head trip, she returned to her roots as a journalist and has been published in over 30 magazines and websites as well as ghostwritten several books. She likes gardening, history, travel, and taking piano lessons to prove her more mature brain can still learn new tricks.
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Lisa-Beth H
I have spent the last two decades leveraging words to make clients’ dreams come true. Trained at Columbia University in Journalism and Public Policy, my writing and advocacy have elected presidents, won grants for nonprofits, passed ballot measures, and landed dream jobs for applicants in multiple fields. I’ve worked as a political campaign strategist and writer and a journalist for NYC papers and the Voice of America, taught college students political science and writing, and performed as a professional actor for films, TV, and stage. I look forward to using my passion for crafting the perfect words to tell your unique and vital story.
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Sharita H
Sharita works as a copywriter at Cardwell Beach where she gets to write and edit content about overcoming trauma and physical, mental, and behavioral health. Before joining Cardwell Beach, she worked as a freelance writer who conducted interviews and wrote profile pieces for GOODLife Magazine, highlighting stories of faith, perseverance, and legacy. Sharita has also written about blended family life, motherhood, and travel. When she isn’t writing, Sharita enjoys traveling, gardening, learning about other cultures, and reading a good book before the rest of the world wakes up.
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Julie C
Julie has written professionally for more than 10 years. She’s written hundreds of articles for magazines and newspapers, ghostwritten several full-length books, and published a cookbook. She is currently writing her first novel and works as senior writer at Bright Horizons. In this role, she writes a quarterly magazine for teachers and has written books on supporting children through grief and trauma.
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Jim M
Jim is an avid fan of baseball, history, writing, and travel. A graduate from Northern Illinois University, Jim spent over fifteen years in the museum field, where he created exhibits and did the research to tell their stories. Jim wrote several short historical articles for museums in St. Charles and Winfield, and these articles appeared in local newspapers, the Daily Herald, and membership newsletters. He also did a historical image book on Winfield, part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series. There is nothing like bringing stories to life.
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Molly E
As a freelance writer, editor, and storyteller, Molly believes in the power of stories. Her literary work has appeared in Fresh Yarn, Analemma Quarterly, and on Chicago Public Radio. She pens food, travel, and lifestyle topics for publications like Minnesota Monthly and Plate Magazine. She has spent more than a decade helping people craft personal stories for readings such as 2nd Story and Between Bites, and she’s also co-written several books, including a cookbook called A Blending of Bittersweet Memories. Molly can often be found cooking for friends and family while listening to The Beatles.
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Michelle A
Michelle wears a lot of hats including academic, local journalist, facilitator, book reviewer, and shopgirl. Her essays have popped up so far at GOOD, Fourth & Sycamore, and Roar, and one time she accidentally found herself on a radio show. She has always loved reading, so writing was a natural extension. Coincidentally, inventing cocktails, learning about Scotch, baking, yoga, and making friends with random dogs seem to also be natural extensions of writing.
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Melissa S
A New York City resident for over fifteen years, Melissa spent the first half of her life in North Carolina where she cultivated her appreciation for quiet beaches and tomato sandwiches. She has an MFA from New York University and currently edits Bodega, a digital magazine of poetry and prose. She’s at work on a collection of stories, several of which have appeared in recent publications online. Beyond writing, Melissa loves taking walks with her pug, playing Boggle, and tending her indoor garden—most recently she’s coaxed lemon and lychee seeds to sprout.
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Marta M
Marta loves stories. Over the last twenty years, she has worked as a writer, story editor, and producer on over 65 independent film and television projects and a dozen literary projects, including writing five books. She has also developed and produced 40 films, four reality series, and two drama series for HBO, Lifetime, FX Channel, AMC, Showtime, The Hallmark Channel, and TV Land. Marta most recently wrote a media advocate memoir and two children’s middle-grade books in addition to teaching a successful “How To Write Your Memoir” class in Los Angeles. She attended The London School of Journalism and Stanford University’s Writer’s Studio.
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Lorna G
Lorna has been writing stories—both real and imagined—since she could hold a pen. She is the author of numerous articles; coauthor of three published books, most recently An Intimate Life; and she’s probably penned a metric ton of marketing copy. After nearly two decades working in the publishing industry, Lorna launched her own publicity firm in 2007 specializing in media relations for authors. She loves writing memoirs because she believes everyone’s story deserves to be told. Lorna is also a sculptor and assistant to a rather demanding cat.
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Liz T
In her early twenties, Liz wrote her master’s thesis in religion on the healing power of Santeria. She spent three years as a music editor and has written about art, music, food, and health for publications like The Atlantic, Vice, Rolling Stone, and the Miami New Times. She is currently the managing editor for Tom Tom, a quarterly magazine about female-identifying drummers, and loves to travel and smile at strangers. Most importantly, Liz is dedicated to singing “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” with pizzazz in her most recent role as “Mommy.”
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Liz C
As she has for the past two decades, Liz loves telling the stories of what makes us. As a journalist and columnist for the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Lexington Herald-Leader, the Duluth News-Tribune, and others, Liz has won more than 30 awards for her work. Now a writer and novelist, she continues to illuminate others’ lives. When she’s not writing, Liz is an avid camper and cook. Her dream is to buy an RV, travel the country with her dog Chloe, and write about her adventures and the stories she finds.
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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.
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Laura E
Laura's love for story began in the Amazon, where she grew up waterskiing with piranha while learning of head hunters and curses. Her first travel article about her visit to Dracula’s Bran Castle in Romania was published in The Los Angeles Times. She discovered her passion for memoir and biography during a decades-long interview with her dad, a former Japanese POW in WWII. Her ghostwriting skills grew as she interviewed CEOs, celebrities, and style makers for World Travel Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and at E! Entertainment Television.
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