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Martin 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

I am an award-winning ghostwriter with four 'Sunday Times' and multiple Amazon bestsellers to my name.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Travel, Entertainment, Education & Reference, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • HarperCollins
  • Penguin Books

Spencer 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

I am a published author, ghostwriter and screenwriter with over ten years' experience of collaborating with clients

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Entertainment, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sports & Outdoors, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Durrants Press Cuttings

Experienced ghostwriter and editor of non-fiction, biography and fiction. I have written International, Sunday Times, Amazon best sellers.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Legal Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Freelance

Cross-disciplined ghostwriter and published author (Hodder, Penguin) across fiction and non-fiction. Screen and audio writer for BBC & ITV.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • The Drive Project
  • Hodder & Hodder
  • Melvyn Bragg
  • BBC
  • Atria
  • Deloitte
  • ITV

I'm an expert nonfiction ghostwriter who has helped 35 authors write impactful, high-value books on business, medicine, law, and finance.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

  • Time Life
  • Marshall Cavendish
  • Brown Reference Group/Windmill Books
  • Self-employed

I'm a children's book specialist with nearly 30 years' experience of writing and editing everything from Winnie-the-Pooh to Minecraft.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, and Middle Grade.

Work experience:

  • Ladybird, Penguin Random House
  • Self-employed
  • Egmont, now Farshore, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
  • Penguin Random House

Katy 5 star rating

Rye, United Kingdom

As a bestselling ghostwriter, I craft beautiful and memorable memoirs for private clients as well as large publishers like HarperCollins.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, True Crime, and Sex & Relationships.

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Widely-published journalist (The Guardian, New York Review of Books, WaPo, etc) and author of an acclaimed book of investigative reporting.

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and History.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Dangerous Speech Project
  • New Humanist Magazine
  • Susan Joekes (SOAS Research Associate)
  • Revealing Reality

Leading ghostwriter with over a decade's experience. I have worked on over 20 titles, including prizewinners and international bestsellers.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Entertainment, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Publisher
  • Little, Brown

Philip 5 star rating

Ampthill, United Kingdom

Experienced ghostwriter, author. Ghosting/editorial consulting projects include major books on eurozone and an industrial illness scandal.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • N/A
  • Personnel Today
  • Community Care

Emmy nominated screenwriter and author. I aim to help you to tell your story in the best way, through developmental editing or ghostwriting

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Romance, Mystery & Crime, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Hugely experienced arts and culture writer. Jazz and world music critic. Interviewer of A-listers, rising stars. Tells a good story.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Design, Entertainment, Health & Wellbeing, Travel, and Sex & Relationships.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Simon 5 star rating

Bristol, United Kingdom

Award-winning ghostwriter, author and editor. Works with private clients, businesses, celebrities and publishers in a wide range of genres.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Inspirational, Entertainment, Education & Reference, Sports & Outdoors, Thriller & Suspense, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Johnny 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Experienced ghostwriter, author and copy-editor. Personable and very versatile. I specialise in biography, sport, food and popular history.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Soup Works Plc
  • Littlemore Hospital, Oxford
  • Camden Central Cars
  • Various

I write bestselling nonfiction (Conspiracy, Bonnier 2022) for myself and others and am the most senior (read 'oldest') ghostwriter in town.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Music, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

  • Gartner

Critically-acclaimed historical novelist, memoirist and ghostwriter. Works with exclusive clients and businesses to tell their best story.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Story Terrace Ltd
  • Corvus Atlantic

I am an award-winning ghostwriter and novelist. I work internationally with clients on non-fiction and fiction ghostwriting projects.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Entertainment, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Inspirational, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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