Arnold Mann – Ghostwriter

Arnold, Ghostwriter/Co-Author/Book Proposals

On a personal note...

What began for me as life in academia, writing about the world of literature, evolved rather interestingly into a life writing about health and medicine. What I have learned over the years is that whether you are writing about the poetry of T. S. Eliot or brain surgery, it all comes down to telling a good story. And having interviewed countless people over the past 30 years, I have come to believe that we all have War and Peace in us. It’s just a matter of accessing it, then telling the story.

One of my most rewarding experiences as a writer was co-authoring neurosurgeon Keith Black’s book, Brain Surgeon: A Doctor’s Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles, which was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for best nonfiction work. Dr. Black grew up in Auburn, Alabama, the son of Robert Black, principal of the town’s all-Black elementary school. At the age of 17, Keith discovered that leukotrienes could be used to open up the blood-brain barrier at tumor sites so that chemotherapeutic drugs could be delivered directly to brain tumors without damaging other parts of the brain. He would go on to develop the world’s first brain tumor vaccine and save thousands of lives in the operating room. This was all featured in his book and in my Time Magazine cover story about Dr. Black.

My Time and USA Weekend Magazine cover stories on the threat of “toxic mold” in homes, schools and the workplace earned me the keynote speaker spot at the EPA Indoor Air conference and led me to write my own book, They’re Poisoning Us, America’s Hidden Epidemic.

I also collaborated with Dr. Howard Loomis of Logan University on a series of books about the ways different enzyme formulations can be used to target nutritional deficiencies, restoring normal organ function and relieving early symptoms before the body reaches a full state of disease.

I have written for various publications of the National Institutes of Health and served as personal writer for the Director of the National Cancer Institute, where I oversaw publication of the Institute’s annual Progress Report to Congress.

Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune to delve into a wide range of other topics. For ten years, I was the feature interviewer for Emmy, the Magazine of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Among those I interviewed were TV news anchor Walter Cronkite, legendary child star Jackie Cooper, and Ralph Nader, who had created New Citizens Productions to communicate social issues to the public through the media.

One of my most memorable experiences came when I covered a midwinter airdrop of supplies to the National Science Foundation stations at the South Pole for Air & Space magazine.

We all carry memories of life experiences within us, and the insights these experiences have generated. In sharing them, we are giving our lives meaning.

I would be glad to help you bring your story to life.