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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United States
Premium
Amy B
Amy is a New York City native who recently relocated to Athens, GA, to pursue a PhD in English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia. She has published short stories and essays, and is currently completing her first novel – but she’s also an occasional musician, specializing in vocal music from Eastern Europe. She loves to ride her bike, travel and study languages, and has spent long periods of time in Japan, Brazil, Thailand and Burma. She edits online magazine, 7×7.la, that publishes collaborations between writers and visual artists.
United States
Premium
Alan G
Alan has written about everything from pigs (swine vaccines) to pigskins (college and professional football) in nearly two decades as a full-time freelance writer. A magazine story about Hall of Fame groundskeeper, George Toma, led to his first ghostwritten biography, Nitty Gritty Dirt Man. He also has written biographies of a longtime college baseball coach and All-Pro running back, Christian Okoye. He currently is collaborating on a motivational book with Nick “The Kick” Lowery, who ended his career as the most accurate field-goal kicker in history.
United States
Premium
Adrian B
Since 2001, Adrian has reported and written hundreds of freelance newspaper, magazine and website articles—from pitch to print—for publications such as the New Yorker, The Guardian, The Nation, the Boston Globe Magazine, and other national publications on a variety of topics, including world affairs and culture, social justice, and human rights. Adrian has also worked as a press officer and associate editor at the United Nations Division of Global Communications. She holds a BS in Journalism from Northwestern University and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.
United States
Senior
Tyler B
Tyler used to run around the backyard as a kid, recording his dog, cat, whatever, with his Fisher-Price tape recorder. He became an avid and detailed journal writer before becoming a professional writer—as a newspaper reporter, trade magazine editor, and most recently technical writer. He came to rely on a digital recorder to accurately capture interviews for articles he wrote, as well as in lieu of a personal journal. Now he’s combining his love of writing and recording to help people capture their life stories.
Canada
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Ellen G H
Ellen grew up around the Southern NJ and Philadelphia areas and now lives near Ottawa, Canada. She has written 12 books (four of which are award-winners), contributed to 15 others, and has written hundreds of articles for print magazines and websites. She served as president of the Catholic Writers Guild from 2012-2015 and composed articles and press releases for a small non-profit from 2015-2018. When she’s not writing, Ellen enjoys spending time with her husband of 40 years, her extended family (especially her two-year-old grandson) and researching her family tree.
United States
Premium
Cara W G
Cara is an author, storyteller, motivational speaker, and TEDx speaker promoting hope over adversity. She is the author of <i>Tree of Hope--Anne Frank's Father Shares His Wisdom with an American Teen and the World</i> and <i>Strength from Nature--Simple Lessons of Life Taught By the Most Unlikely Masters: The Nature Teachers</i>. She is a board member of homeless charity Uplift Us and ImpactAVillage, a non-profit committed to improving healthcare and education in villages around the world. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Peter and Maine Coon cat, Boo.
Canada
Senior
Katia J P
If wealth were measured by obsessions, Katia would have one hefty pot of gold, filled to the brim. This freelance writer has reported on everything from culinary diplomacy to wearable art, and the artists and creatives behind such trends for print and digital publications alike. Her curiosities extend to travel, sated in recent years with cultural jaunts through London, Dublin, and Lyon, among other locales. In her spare time, she writes short stories, poems, and essays, all the while perfecting her plank and dreaming up her next solo sojourn.
United States
Senior
Melissa R
After graduating from Columbia's journalism school, Melissa launched a 20-year writing career and produced two books, including a collection of physician memoirs published by Penguin Books. She has written for Reuters, CBS HealthWatch, Chicago Tribune, Women's Wear Daily and the former Rocky Mountain News. She taught memoir classes in Denver. Melissa also has seven years of experience as a nurse. She has a compassionate, journalistic approach. She helps clients add sensory details that bring stories to life. She and her rescue dog, Franklin, love to escape to the Colorado mountains.
United States
Junior
Don K
Don has been schooled in music, tool and die, over-the-road truck driving, photography, real estate and instructed in saxophone for jazz. For two years he had a column in a national motorcycle magazine, “Thunder Roads”, before segueing into writing books, using his pen name of Alec Gould, for children and adults. Currently, you can find his work being sold at several fine booksellers.
United States
Senior
Jackie G
Jackie first fell in love with memoir-writing in college when she interviewed her grandmother about living through the Great Depression. Later, she wrote “Beautiful Minds, New York,” a collection of short memoirs about creative New Yorkers. An award-winning author of two novels and a collection of short stories, Jackie believes that the best stories are the ones we all carry around inside of us. She received a BA in History from New York University and a master’s degree in Children’s Literature from Hollins University. Besides writing, Jackie worked as a fifth-grade teacher and hopes her efforts to make her students laugh make it into someone’s memoir one day.
Canada
Senior
Angela J
Angela is a writer, an entrepreneur and the author of the nonfiction book <i>Trillions on the Table</i>. She loves her son, her cats and her red wine. Angela created and instructed her own serving course and wrote a dating blog with 90k+ reads. Currently, she is a consultant and a lifestyle blogger for Sixty and Me, with an online community of over 500k readers. Her Forbes hotel background allows her to connect easily with clients; active listening and genuine interest is how your story will be crafted, in your voice.
Australia
Senior
Sue S
Sue is a storyteller with a passion for bringing people’s stories to life with the written word. With a degree in journalism, she has been a features writer and reporter for newspapers in Australia and the UK and has also turned her hand to creative writing, content writing and blogging. Life continues to excite her, and since discovering the joys of ghostwriting, Sue now spends most of her time working with people to write their unique life stories, as well as writing features for Fab UK magazine.
United States
Junior
Mandy H
With over 25 years of working as a therapist and counsellor, Mandy has been privileged to be able to spend many hours listening to people’s unique stories. She has written short stories, poetry and is currently writing her first novel. Mandy believes we all have a story to tell. She is passionate about noticing the stories people live, the stories they choose to tell and those stories that risk becoming ‘the missing ingredient’ unless people share them too...
United States
Premium
Ellyn E
Ellyn comes from the insane world of film and television development. A writer, an executive, a graduate of Penn State University, and the mom of a strong-willed youngster with too many pets, Ellyn has lived multiple lives and seen it all. She has worked for years as a story editor, and currently as a freelance writer for multiple media outlets. Ellyn is always working on the next screenplay or children’s book. You can ask her about her Mr. and Mrs. Smith gossip, though she may never tell.
United States
Premium
Rebecca S
Rebecca is an experienced and creative storyteller with an immigrant heritage. Her professional career has spanned over 20 years in healthcare both at a Level One Trauma Center and with Alzheimer's and Dementia. She's a patient and active listener who provides a gentleness to those with memory and cognitive issues. Her novels are available world-wide (co-authored with her daughter). Her short stories and essays have appeared in several anthologies. She also writes and produces award winning content for film and web series. She's worked with Academy Award nominated teams. She takes pride in helping ordinary people write extraordinary stories as their legacy.
United States
Senior
Bonniejean Alford
Through her speaking engagements and writing of various styles and genres, bonniejean guides others to understand identity – their own and society’s. She believes people should know who they are, own it, and then share it boldly and beautifully with the world. She founded Alford Enterprises, where she has served as an editor and writer for more than twenty years. Recently she launched Parking Lot Press, an eclectic publishing company focused on identity. A graduate of Northern Illinois University (BS/MA) and California State University Fullerton (MA), Bonniejean pens articles and e-books, maintains an Academic Blog devoted to Social Justice, hosts a podcast radio show about identity (Life’s a Blank), and teaches college students how to write about Sociology. Her memoir is in its final stage of editing. She enjoys taking artistic photographs, dancing to amazing music, and meeting people. As an active member of Toastmasters, Bonniejean competes (and wins) speaking competitions in multiple varieties. Born in Illinois, raised predominately in California, Bonniejean currently resides in Wheaton, Illinois.
United States
Senior
Brandy W
Though her nearly 20-year career providing therapy for children on the Autism spectrum was incredibly rewarding, it was also infinitely draining. So, when her husband dropped a truth bomb, “Please quit. Your misery is making me miserable,” she did! Now a freelance copywriter, some of Brandy’s most favorite work to do is for non-profits on a mission to change the world. In 2020 Brandy ghostwrote a traditionally published book about social justice and the church.
United States
Senior
Cynthia-Marie O’Brien
I am a writer, editor, and educator who received my BA with High Honors in English Literature and Creative Writing from Dartmouth College and my MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University. In addition to publishing essays and narrative nonfiction, I have taught writing in the United States and Europe, including at Columbia University and Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. My writing on faith, imagination, and depression from Bellevue Literary Review was included on the notables list in Best American Essays. My interests include concepts of home and cultural inheritance.
United States
Junior
Anneice Coady
Anneice was born in Detroit Michigan. She earned a B.S.B.A. Degree from Lawrence Technical University and later became a Claims Adjuster for General Motors. In her quest to discover her true calling, Anneice obtained her Masters’ Degree in Marketing, and began freelance writing. Since 2009, she’s written countless articles, bios, grants, letters and resumes. Anneice is passionate about helping others find work; find funding and promoting other peoples products. Anneice loves family gatherings and enjoys people watching in the park.
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.
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