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Kate

Kate 5 star rating

Indianapolis, IN, USA

I launched my career as a freelance writer and editor in 1999. Since then I've written more than 50 titles and edited hundreds more.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, DIY & Crafts, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sports & Outdoors, Technology, and Photography.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Stephen

Stephen 5 star rating

Fayetteville, United States

Ghostwriter. Books published by McGraw-Hill, Crown Business, Tyndale, Broadway. Clients include Steve Farber, John Maxwell, Mark Sanborn.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & Outdoors, Transportation, Parenting & Families, Economics, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Mike

Mike 5 star rating

Nashville, TN, United States

Ghostwriter, content editor, journalist, publishing consultant 25+ yrs. Biography, sports, health & fitness, Christian, current events.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Wellbeing, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Writing & Publishing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

  • Freelance
  • Self-employed
  • The Tennessean/Sumner County Publications
  • The Tennessean
  • Towlehouse Publishing
  • Rutledge Hill Press
  • The Summit Publishing Group
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Sally

Sally 5 star rating

San Jose, CA, United States

Developmental editor & USA Today bestselling ghostwriter helping nonfiction authors shape book proposals & manuscripts that land deals.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Biographies & Memoirs, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publishers (Australia)
  • Amber Books (UK)
  • Self-employed
  • Focus Books
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Tim

Tim 5 star rating

Kansas City, United States

Nonfiction book ghostwriter with 70 books written & 2 New York Times bestsellers. I'm also a developmental editor for AI manuscripts.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Finance & Accounting, Math & Science, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Hobbs-Herder Advertising
  • Rainbow Publications
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Alan

Alan 5 star rating

Atlanta, GA, United States

I've written some 150 history, military history, business, leadership, and biographical books and have ghosted or edited many more.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Education & Reference, Career Guides, Biographies & Memoirs, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Turner Publishing
  • Abbeville Press
  • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
  • Lake Forest College
  • Furman University
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Ellis

Ellis 5 star rating

Los Angeles, United States

I have an extensive history in writing, editing, and teaching humor, parody, and satire, both in articles and novels. Also kids' fiction.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Lari

Lari 5 star rating

Austin, TX, United States

I am a ghostwriter and editor of books, articles, and social media. I have written almost thirty books, including five best sellers.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Health & Wellbeing, Psychology, Sociology, Nature, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Greenleaf Book Group
  • John Wiley & Sons
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Sharon

Sharon 5 star rating

Delray Beach, FL, United States

A PhD psychologist, I am a ghostwriter and book doctor specializing in memoirs, self-help, and mental health.

Genres: Parenting & Families, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Biographies & Memoirs, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Katherine

Katherine 5 star rating

San Anselmo, CA, United States

I coach, consult & edit, for triple-venti prose that adds clarity & impact to your memoirs, op-eds and other non-fiction projects.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Education & Reference, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Knight Ridder Newspapers
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James

James 5 star rating

Exeter, NH, United States

I help authors achieve their creative goals in creative nonfiction, fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, and treatments

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Short Story, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Coming of Age, Sex & Relationships, and Plays & Screenplays.

Work experience:

  • James B.
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Kendall

Kendall 5 star rating

Colorado Springs, United States

Non-fiction ghostwriter specializing in memoir, lifestyle, gift books, and pop culture. Author of Be More Captain Marvel (DK Books, 2023).

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Entertainment, Parenting & Families, Comics Non-Fiction, Inspirational, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Random House
  • Legendary LLC (Nerdist, Geek & Sundry, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls)
  • Petful
  • Self-employed
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Mollie

Mollie 5 star rating

Waynesboro, VA, United States

Published by Kensington Books, Random House, Ten Speed Press, Midnight Ink, and many magazines and websites. I can tell your story.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and DIY & Crafts.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Ed

Ed 5 star rating

South Pasadena, United States

Versatile, reliable award-winning ghostwriter who has written, edited, or developed more than thirty books covering many nonfiction genres.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, True Crime, Business & Management, Inspirational, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, and History.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Jason

Jason 5 star rating

Oakland, CA, USA

Memoir + Nonfiction specialist. Author/senior editor/ghostwriter w/ work in NYT, nymag, Narratively. Catapult Instructor. Dear Sugar vibes.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Short Story, Fiction, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

  • True.Ink
  • Self-employed
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Christopher

Christopher 5 star rating

Boulder, CO, USA

Twenty years of experience as a writer (Lonely Planet) and editor (University of California Press...)

Genres: Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, Travel, Geography, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Nature, Technology, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Danielle

Danielle 5 star rating

Portland, OR, USA

I'm a cookbook author and features writer with more than 20 years of experience.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Home & Garden, Parenting & Families, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Writing a book proposal is daunting for many authors. The rules and specifications that go into writing a great book proposal are not particularly transparent to the average person — and that is why many choose to hire professional book proposal specialists.

You might think of writing a book proposal as writing a killer sales pitch: you have a product to sell. Your proposal should showcase why you’re the best person to write your book and why this content is needed in the current market, and a book proposal specialist will be able to show that your idea is fresh and unique, intriguing publishers and agents and helping to convince them that it will sell. In other words, a good book proposal specialist will identify the marketable highlights of your book and ensure they’re conveyed in your proposal.

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