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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Mary Beth S
Mary Beth is an award-winning journalist, author, and cause-related healthcare and nonprofit writer. She specializes in stories of ordinary people who do extraordinary things. Through her writing, she amplifies underrepresented voices and explores the healing power of storytelling and identity. She is the author of 15 books including Ancestry Quest: How Stories of the Past Can Heal the Future and We Carry Each Other: Getting Through Life’s Toughest Times. Her writing appears in The Chicago Tribune, Writer’s Digest, NextAvenue.org, Psychology Today and AOL Health. A graduate of Columbia University’s Narrative Medicine program, she has launched effective content campaigns for numerous nonprofits and healthcare organizations including: Advocate Health, Chamberlain University School of Nursing, Five Keys Schools and Programs, Narrative Mindworks, the Morton Arboretum, and Rush University Medical Center. She lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, where she enjoys hiking, reading, traveling, and staying closely connected with her young adult children, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. Known affectionately as a “Nana on Wheels,” Mary Beth lives by the motto: “Care where you are, be present, and just listen.”
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Talia A
Talia is a content and editorial strategist with expertise in health, wellness, and UX-informed messaging. She has collaborated with clients including Yale Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation, Healthline, and Globant to craft clear, research-driven content that resonates with diverse audiences. A certified yoga teacher, avid reader, ukulele player, playlist curator, and devoted cat enthusiast, Talia brings curiosity, creativity, and strategic insight to every project, helping complex ideas become accessible, engaging, and memorable.
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Sherry J
Internationally best-selling author Sherry has written ten published books: six historical novels under her own name, and four business/technology books ghostwritten for top executives. “Tech-speak for the non-geek” is the tagline for her company, CyberSmart Writing, where she’s CEO. She writes thought leadership, speeches, and other content for executives and subject matter experts at major organizations including PwC, Deloitte, Google, and Boston Consulting Group, and she’s a complete geek, herself, about technology, history, and the science of storytelling. A victim of child pornography abuse as well as abuse from a parent with borderline personality disorder, Sherry is completing her certification as a VITA™ sex, love, and relationship coach, and has worked with many clients who’ve experienced trauma and abuse. She writes a Substack column, “The Sexfluencer,” about sexuality and relationships, and has ghostwritten for several sex, love, and relationship experts on topics from kinky sex to Eros. Sherry divides her time between Spokane, WA and Paris, and enjoys all the arts, especially opera; traveling; fine wine; dancing to the blues; playing piano; reading, and throwing extravagant dinner parties.
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Peter B
Peter has been on a forty-year mission to abstract and articulate the art of value creation. It started with his study of economics at Harvard, where he learned to appreciate market research and critical thinking, and to construct industry points of view from competitive analyses and trends. With that knowledge, Peter launched a career in management consulting, which piqued his interest in organizations that were struggling to differentiate or that had lost their competitive advantage. With an expertise in transformation and strategic planning, Peter joined the world of information and communications technology and software development, working on value propositions, brand positioning, and executive communications for networking giants Telcordia Technologies and Ericsson. While at Ericsson in Stockholm, Peter earned a seat on the Ericsson White Paper Editorial Board, where he learned to talk the talk with some of the world’s leading researchers and engineers, translating complex innovations into compelling use cases that executive leadership and strategists could leverage in vision statements and keynote addresses. After a few attempts as head of marketing with entrepreneurial startups, Peter launched a boutique consultancy, Taraxa Labs, along with a venerated technologist from his telecom days, Adan Pope. Adan and Peter had logged twenty years of innovation and digital transformation programs together, which served as the foundation of their first book, “Respect the Weeds: Digital Transformation Rooted in Principled Leadership, Vision and Innovation.” The consulting work that ensued allowed Peter to develop and test a novel leadership tool, Tension Mapping™, which became the foundation of a second collaboration, “Intentional Tension: A Lever of Value Creation and Growth.” Peter’s authentic and conversational writing style is inspired by Wynton Marsalis in “Moving to Higher Ground,” where the artist and composer distinguishes between musicians who play the notes on the page versus those who use their instrument to extract an emotion from their audience. Peter hopes that his storytelling will not just resonate with readers but will also move them to embrace change in their lives and in the lives of those upon which they may have influence.
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Toby D
Toby is a bestselling business writer, highly credentialed governance professional, and entrepreneur with a background in English Literature, an MBA, and over 20 years of business experience. As a ghostwriter, Toby has authored more than 250 business thought leadership blogs for industry leaders across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, with several featured in Forbes Business. He has also written 16 whitepapers and four books, including Agile Audit: Transformation and Beyond, Only Audit What Matters (an Amazon bestseller), Modernize Your Audit Department, and Not Yet: A WarmingTale About My Neighborhood, and he contributed two chapters to the latest edition of ISACA's CISA Review Manual as an IT subject matter expert. In 2019, he founded Insight CPE, a company focused on continuing education for audit, risk, and fraud professionals. Through this platform, he has delivered over 130 custom training programs and presentations, including the world's first agile audit certification program, developed in partnership with cRiskAcademy. Today, Toby continues to write, consult, and coach, primarily working with organizations to enhance their governance and cybersecurity practices, combining strategic insight with practical solutions. Outside of work, Toby enjoys spending time with his wife and son, whether enjoying the outdoors or watching movies together.
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Jay B
Jay is the New York Times bestselling author of eight blockbuster WALKING DEAD novels (2011 – 2018), in collaboration with the creator of the WALKING DEAD comics and TV series, Robert Kirkman. Jay also collaborated with the late Stan Lee, founder of Marvel Comics, on Stan’s final superhero concept, STAN LEE’S THE DEVIL’S QUINTET, which yielded a series of novels (2017 – 2023). Additionally, Jay’s acclaimed action novel THE KILLER’S GAME (1997) is now a major motion picture from Lionsgate Entertainment, both in theaters and streaming, starring Dave Bautista, Terry Crews, Sofia Boutella, and Ben Kingsley. Jay’s books have been translated into seventeen languages, and he has been called “one of the most imaginative writers of thrillers” by the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Jay's non-fiction work, THE SINKING OF THE EASTLAND (2004), received national acclaim and ultimately became the source for the hit musical, EASTLAND, staged in Chicago by the Tony-award winning theater company, Lookingglass. In the corporate world, Jay brings 25 years of experience writing speeches and media for companies as diverse as International Trucks, Maytag, Keebler, Kraft, G. Heileman Brewing, and Haagen-Dazs. Jay has creative-directed major business meetings for Fed Ex, Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, Panasonic, and Duracell. Jay is also on the faculty of DePaul University’s graduate English department, specializing in screenwriting and writing horror. He has extensive experience in ghostwriting and book coaching, and lives in Chicago with his wife, the photographer Jill Norton.
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Natasha T
Natasha is a Jordanian-American author, journalist, and ghostwriter with over 25 years of experience in the media industry. She is the author of the novel They Called Me Wyatt and the upcoming Karma Unleashed, the first in a three-part speculative fiction series titled The Tales of Karma. As the founder of Read and Write with Natasha, she helps aspiring authors bring their book ideas to life through coaching, courses, and personalized guidance. Her mission is to empower writers to creatively express their stories and build a writing life on their own terms. You can find more about her and her work on her website. She is fluent in both Arabic and English.
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Kalisha B
Kalisha has 25 years of experience as a writer, media talent and project help with 20 years of experience in major publishing as an author of five acclaimed novels. She has two degrees in English Language and Literature from University of Chicago with an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The New School in New York City, which launched her author career with her thesis auctioned to major publishers. She loves cats, dogs, food, film and trivia in that order.
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Lisa W V
Lisa is a Colombian writer of fiction who split her childhood between Bogotá and South Florida. Their work has received creative and/or financial support from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Kenyon Workshops, Ucross Foundation, Tin House Workshop, and others. MFA: University of Houston (2023: Creative Writing; 2012: Theatre). Her fiction appears in Nimrod, Ghost Parachute, Michigan Quarterly Review, and elsewhere, is forthcoming in Cutleaf (May 2025) and the anthology Rural Writers of Color (ed. Deesha Philyaw), and is also anthologized in Best Debut Stories 2023 (Catapult) as a PEN / Dau Prize winner. She lives in Vermont with her family and enjoys reading, knitting, and yoga.
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Jami K
As a professional ghostwriter and business content editor, Jami has worked with busy CEOs, founders, and success coaches to bring their vision to a wider audience through books, blogs, and articles. Her work (bylined and ghostwritten) has been published by the World Economic Forum, Pearson, Senior Executive Media, and Forbes, among other top-tier publications. She is a ghostwriter for StoryTerrace, Forbes Books, Elite Authors, and WorldChangers Media, and a member of the Association of Ghostwriters. As a full-time content writer for the global consultancy Willis, Towers Watson, Jami has created thought leadership content on HR, benefits, insurance, DEI, and the future of work topics. These include white papers, survey reports, blog posts, website landing pages, and social media campaigns authored by senior consultants in the health and wellness, benefits, and insurance arenas. Jami was also a co-author on the book, Employee Benefits and the New Healthcare Landscape: How Private Exchanges are Bringing Choice and Consumerism to America’s Workforce, by benefits technology pioneer, Alan Cohen. She also has a passion for content in the Mind & Spirit and personal development genres. She edited the U.S. version of You are the Power: Choose to Create the Life You Desire, a memoir and guide to overcoming adversity. She was also a contributor to The 52 Weeks: Two Women and Their Quest to Get Unstuck, a women’s guide to midlife.
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Johanie Cools
Johanie Cools is a development and copy editor, proofreader, and sensitivity reader with a lifelong passion for storytelling. She knows that the best type of editors want the best for their client’s stories. As an editor, Johanie believes that her job is to maintain her clients’ voices throughout their work and not her own. She has edited for indie authors and publishers and has worked with big-name publishers like Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Sourcebooks, and more. Throughout her seven-year career, she has worked with 16 best-selling authors. As an alumnus of Tessera Editorial, Johanie has completed their mentorship program and is a professionally trained editor. She holds a BA in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Vanguard University. When she’s not editing manuscripts or writing style sheets, Johanie enjoys playing board games and trivia nights with her friends.
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Lorin Oberweger
Lorin Oberweger is a highly sought-after book editor and ghostwriter with more than two decades of experience in publishing. Her clients have been published by every major trade house in the US, have gained representation with some of the industry’s leading literary agents, and have had work optioned for film and television. An award-winning author, Lorin has co-written and ghostwritten eight traditionally published books, several for New York Times bestselling authors of fiction and nonfiction. Her work, commissioned by major publishers, has received glowing notices from the New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, NPR, and others. Her latest co-author credit is THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK, written with Chris Anderson, director of TED Conferences.
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Andrea Converse
Collaborative and developmental editor with an eye for the big picture as well as the details, Andrea Vinley Converse works with high-profile authors, ghost writers, and traditional publishers, as well as first-time writers. She started her career in journalism, working a decade at a publishing group with multiple periodicals and nearly 2 million subscribers. When she shifted to nonfiction books, she found a real love for working closely with authors throughout the editorial process. Naturally curious, she loves digging until she finds the heart of a book and helping authors clarify their message, improve their writing, and engage readers with compelling stories. Her clients include HarperCollins, Hay House, and Tyndale, as well as authors with Hachette, Little Brown, Bethany House, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, and St. Martin’s Griffin.
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Keyren Burgess
Keyren Gerlach Burgess is an expert editor with over two decades of top-tier experience in the publishing world. She believes a great story transcends genre, and while she cut her teeth on romance during her eight years at Harlequin’s New York office, she enjoys editing across the board. After Harlequin, and a brief stint at Entangled, Keyren launched her own editorial business, regularly partnering with HarperCollins/Harlequin, Amazon Publishing, and Kirkus Media for editing projects. Her career includes work with New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins and popular romance writers Marie Ferrarella, Carla Cassidy, and Karen Whiddon. And she’s edited such notable nonfiction titles as Kristal Brent Zook’s The Girl in the Yellow Poncho and the upcoming memoir of top international hepatologist Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, better known on social media as The Liver Doc. Keyren loves working one-on-one with authors, helping them polish their manuscripts until they’re ready for publication. She brings a nurturing yet no-nonsense approach, connecting with writers at all levels, from NYT bestsellers to those just starting out. She understands that the editor-author relationship is built on trust, and it’s an honor she doesn’t take lightly. Keyren’s editorial process is thorough and meticulous. She identifies not only big-picture issues such as structure, flow, and tone, but also the finer nuances of voice and meaning, ensuring the story not only mirrors what’s in the author’s heart but resonates with readers too.
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Elizabeth C
Elizabeth's pen name is Betsy Cole. She is a married mother of four humans and three fur-babies. With an MA in Anthropology- a focus on folklore studies, and a minor in Creative Writing, her passion has always been reading and writing. She has been a professional writer for over twenty years, on a variety of diverse projects. She specializes in storytelling and content creation. As a published novelist with over two decades of ghostwriting experience, her favorite tales are inspirational.
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Colleen D
Colleen is an award-winning journalist, author and podcast host. She specializes in sharing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, especially those who have built companies from scratch and made lasting marks on industries, audiences and sometimes the world (or at least, their corner of it). As the former small business editor of The Wall Street Journal, she has interviewed hundreds of business leaders and enjoyed hearing all about the rewards, challenges and quirks of entrepreneurship, with the personal observation that the quirks (or stumbling blocks or miscues) tend to be the most fascinating part of the story. In recent years, Colleen has served as executive editor of The Story Exchange, a media platform that elevates the voices of entrepreneurial women, so she has a special spot in her heart for women who sometimes need to fight extra hard to succeed in business (or politics or athletics or any number of fields). In fact, it's the preserving and sharing of these stories that Colleen is drawn to, as she knows it will inspire the next generation. Colleen has also served as an editor at Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek and SmartMoney. She is the author of two books, The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook (Random House) and Inc.'s Start a Successful Business. She is a resident of Long Island's East End, where she enjoys baking, sailing and keeping up with her twin daughters.
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BJ G
BJ is a prolific author with over 30 books to her credit – business books that educate and empower, women's books that enlighten and entertain, and inspirational gift books that offer sustenance for the spirit. BJ's international best-selling fable, A Peacock in the Land of Penguins (Berrett-Koehler) has sold over 400,000 copies in 23 languages worldwide. Her other business books include: Being Buddha at Work: 108 Ancient Truths on Change, Stress, Money, and Success (Berrett-Koehler) with a Foreword by the Dalai Lama, The Leadership Secrets of Oz (Simple Truths), and a career book, It’s Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been (Viva Editions). BJ’s inspirational gift books include: The Power of Positive Doing and The Best Way Out is Always Through and Learning to Dance in the Rain (all three published by Simple Truths). Her most recent book is Your Life is Your Prayer (Mango Media). BJ wrote for Huffington Post for nine years and she’s been featured on CBS Evening News, the Today Show, Fox News, PBS, CNN, and other television and radio programs. She is quoted frequently in various newspapers, women's magazines, and websites: O the Oprah magazine, Woman's World, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Orlando Sentinel, Financial Times (U.K.), Guardian (U.K.), MSNBC.com, CareerBuilder.com, CNN.com, Forbes.com. BJ’s academic credentials are as impressive as her professional background: She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of USC, earning a BA in Sociology, summa cum laude. She has finished the coursework for a PhD in Social Ethics, also at USC. In addition to writing her own books, BJ has ghostwritten books for CEOs, including ClubCorp CEO Robert Dedman, Jr. (“Our Star Service Journey”) as well as speeches for LA Times publisher Tom Johnson and other Times senior executives, and floor speeches and correspondence for Pete du Pont when he was Delaware’s congressman. In short, BJ is skilled at writing in others’ voices.
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Phyllis S
Phyllis has a flair for both storytelling and business. After graduating summa cum laude from Yale University with degrees in American Studies and Economics, she worked in investment banking on Wall Street. To pivot careers, she earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she finished in the top 10% of her class. From there, she went into the entertainment field. First she worked on the business sidest at Twentieth Century Fox Studios. Then she followed her passion and switched to the creative side, becoming a screenwriter. She was tapped as a writer/producer on the iconic TV series Star Trek Voyager and Star Trek Enterprise and embarked on a 25-year career in TV writing and pitching. For the past eight years, she has taken her talents to the world of professional writing and editing. Phyllis took Harvard Business School Professor Tom Eisenmann’s first book, Why Startups Fail (Currency, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2021) from the initial idea to the published work. She also helped write a business memoir (Mark Holt Books, 2022) for Jeff Smulyan, CEO of Emmis Communications. He is a colorful entrepreneur who owned tv and radio stations, created Sports Radio, and briefly owned the baseball team the Seattle Mariners. She brings a unique skillset to writing and editing, combining irresistible storytelling, the ability to distill complex issues, and a singular focus on bringing a client’s story to life.
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Peggy H
Armed with a degree in language studies and a longing to explore, Peggy moved from her home state of California to Japan to embark on her career in 2009. Though she originally emigrated overseas to teach English, life offered a different path when she landed a job in Osaka as a ghostwriter, editor, and proofreader of educational materials. There, she co-authored over 30 textbooks for use in classrooms at over 5,000 schools nationwide. In 2015, she moved to Thailand, where she began copywriting and blogging for brands in various industries, including luxury real estate, yoga & wellness, sex & relationships, travel, and entertainment. After moving home in 2018, Peggy began ghostwriting for a mainstream hybrid publishing firm. Since then, she has completed six non-fiction books with authors from around the globe, three of which went on to become Amazon bestsellers in multiple categories. Her genres of speciality include spirituality, self-help, business, psychology, memoir, women’s issues, and culture. She has also worked as a book coach, editor, and ghostwriter for authors of erotic fiction. When she’s not glued to her laptop, Peggy is an avid reader, meditator, kickboxer, visual artist, and yoga nerd. She also volunteers for Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional families, a 12-step organization supporting people in recovery from traumatic childhoods. With a deep passion for the connective power of language, she has studied Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, and Thai. Helping people share their wisdom with the world brings her joy and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with StoryTerrace.
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Bill D
Bill has been writing professionally since he was hired as a TV news writer out of college, went on to write marketing communications materials for Rockwell International, Century Link, and a start-up called edge2net, where he served as the Director of Public Relations and Marketing. Starting in 1985, in parallel with his corporate activities, Bill wrote and published science fiction and alternate history novels totalling 60 as of this year. Most of those books qualify as military science fiction, a subject which thanks to time spent as a medic in the Navy and with the Marine Corps, Bill knows something about. Although most of Bill’s fiction is original to him, he has over the years been hired to write books for Lucas Films (the Dark Forces trilogy), Sony (Halo: The Flood), and for Orbit publishing (Mass Effect: Deception) which made the New York Times list. Bill was also hired to co-write the Sony game Resistance Burning Skies. Thanks to Bill’s corporate work he’s been required to collaborate with company executives, creative teams, and representatives from three of the big five publishers.
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