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Ginny

Ginny 5 star rating

Macclesfield, United Kingdom

An award-winning ghostwriter of over 25 books, helping busy people with big ideas to be more visible and make an impact. Business, self-help

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Biographies & Memoirs, Career Guides, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Technology, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The Co-operative Group, Russell Hobbs, Clarks Shoes
Linda

Linda 5 star rating

Scotland, United Kingdom

Multiple bestselling UK-based ghostwriter. 15+ years experience. Let me help you bring your story to life, in your words, in your voice.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Parenting & Families, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
Caro

Caro 5 star rating

England, United Kingdom

I have ghosted over 70 books, many of them bestsellers, for a wide range of publishers in the UK and in the United States.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Psychology, Entertainment, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
Bryony

Bryony 5 star rating

England, United Kingdom

Traditionally published biographer and ghostwriter specialising in memoirs, non-fiction, and how-tos.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Career Guides, Health & Wellbeing, Travel, Home & Garden, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Entertainment, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

  • Bryony Sutherland
  • Atomic Partnership Limited
Andrew

Andrew 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

I have published over 80 ghostwritten books, many of them Sunday Times bestsellers, and have guided many clients through self-publishing.

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

Work experience:

  • Self Employed
Spencer

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
Tim

Tim 5 star rating

London, UK

I'm an elite 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

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Karen

Karen 5 star rating

Edinburgh, UK

If your strength isn't writing - let's collaborate. With your subject expertise, I can help you fulfil your dream of becoming an author.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
Tim

Tim 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

In-demand award-winning writer (BBC, The FT, The Guardian, The Sunday Times) and non-fiction author (Clearing The Air, and The Last Drop).

Genres: Agriculture, Non-Fiction, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Life Sciences, Nature, and Technology.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • People Management magazine, Redactive Media
Ian

Ian 5 star rating

Hereford, UK

Business book specialist - tech, finance, leadership, entrepreneurship. Corporate/multi-industry background. 30+ books. 17 years' experience

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Technology, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Dynamo Marketing Communications
Gemma

Gemma 5 star rating

Manchester, UK

Big 5 published author and ghostwriter specialising in psychological thrillers, cozy mystery, suspense fiction, memoirs and book-to-script.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Psychological Thriller, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins
  • Self-employed
Tom

Tom 5 star rating

London, UK

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

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
Katy

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.

Michael

Michael 5 star rating

York, UK

Ghostwriter, technical writer, developmental editor, with a focus on technical content from Social Sciences and Humanities adjacent areas.

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality, Sociology, and Philosophy.

Work experience:

  • Management School, University of York
  • Self-employed
  • Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
Cathryn

Cathryn 5 star rating

Hastings, UK

#1 Bestselling ghostwriter/author. 18 books, 5 in Sunday Times Top 10. Celeb/self-help/extraordinary lives/inspirational/addiction/trauma.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Inspirational, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
Adam

Adam 5 star rating

London, UK

Business journalist and ghostwriter. Former editor of Management Today, a leading UK business and leadership magazine.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Career Guides, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Management Today

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