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Linda 5 star rating

Scotland, United Kingdom

I'm a bestselling UK-based ghostwriter with 20 years experience. I can bring your story to life, in your words. Let's get your voice heard!

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

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

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.

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

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

Bestselling/award-winning ghostwriter/author. 20+ books. Celeb/self-help/extraordinary lives/inspirational/addiction/trauma.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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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

I have written 6 books to date, over 100 hours of prime time TV and a film. I have been nominated and won awards along the way 🏆

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Plays & Screenplays, Contemporary Fiction, Coming of Age, Inspirational, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Award-winning author with years of experience on both sides of the Atlantic.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Classics, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Historical Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Psychological Thriller, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • South Magazine
  • Fodor's Travel Publishing
  • Self-employed

I am an accomplished ghostwriter who has co-written a number of Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling memoirs.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

  • Virgin Publishing
  • Carlton Books
  • Self-employed

Ghostwriter & book strategist for entrepreneurs & executives: creating distinctive books that build authority & create business opportunity.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Dynamo Marketing Communications

Writer, editor and proofreader of children's books (novelty, activity, annuals, school reference, young fiction and licensed characters).

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Short Story, Young Adult, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • BBC Children's Books and Brands and Licensing at Penguin Books UK
  • BBC Children's Books at BBC Worldwide
  • The Northwood Bookshop
  • Franklin Watts
  • Marshall Editions
  • Kingfisher Books

I have six books in 17 languages. I love ghostwriting with authentic voices and powerful tales, especially in middle grade and parenting

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Parenting & Families, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Middle Grade Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Amber Hatch
  • Penguin Random House; Little, Brown; Watkins Publishing
  • Oxfordshire Mind, the Mental Health charity
  • Oxford University

Versatile ghostwriter crafting memoirs & biographies with empathy, wit & skill—authentic stories told & published through a bespoke process.

Genres: Entertainment, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sports & Outdoors, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

I’m an award-winning non-fiction author and journalist with over three decades’ experience shaping real-life stories for publication.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Music, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

I'm an internationally-published author, editor and ghostwriter, who has been writing professionally for over 35 years.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Humor & Comedy, Inspirational, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Music, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Wren & Rook, Hachette
  • Various companies
  • Sourcebooks Explore
  • Souper Media

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Got a brilliant idea for a book, but not enough time or know-how to manifest it yourself? Feel like you have an amazing life story to tell, but struggle to find the words to tell it? Or do you simply need a bit of assistance with a book that’s come to a grinding halt?

Enter the ghostwriter, your new best friend. A ghostwriter will help you find your purpose and plot your book — even do the writing for you, if that’s what you require. But a good ghostwriter is so much more than a proxy; they’re a crucial collaborator who can lift both you and your book to new heights of success. The best ghostwriters seamlessly integrate their expertise so your book shines brighter than ever, yet still retains a narrative voice that’s utterly unique to you.

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