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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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Sally

Sally 5 star rating

San Jose, CA, United States

USA Today bestselling ghostwriter helping nonfiction authors sharpen book proposals and manuscripts for the marketplace.

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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Barry

Barry 5 star rating

Los Angeles, United States

New York Times bestselling author and ghostwriter of memoirs and books on business, history, politics, and art.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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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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Bonnie

Bonnie 5 star rating

Fresno, CA, USA

A traditionally published novelist, I can help you tell your story, your way, in your voice. True crime, memoir, prescriptive nonfiction.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Writing & Publishing, Biographies & Memoirs, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self
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Lisa

Lisa 5 star rating

Poughkeepsie, United States

I am a professional writer who has written 17 books as the solo author, a contributor,a co-author or as a ghostwriter. I love what I do.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Anna

Anna 5 star rating

Seattle, WA, USA

Ghostwriter and developmental editor with a passion for enlightening and entertaining memoir, fiction, and all things comedy.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sex & Relationships, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Seattle-based hybrid publisher Girl Friday Productions
  • Mental health and social service providers in the Seattle area
  • Self-employed
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Jennifer

Jennifer 5 star rating

Washington D.C., DC, USA

Award-winning children's book author and freelance writer. Former editor at Scholastic. I've written for kids in preschool through HS!

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Scholastic News, Edition 5/6
  • TIME For Kids magazine
  • Red Chair Press
  • Self-employed
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Arnie

Arnie 5 star rating

Chicago, IL, USA

Acclaimed nonfiction writer, journalist, ghostwriter, editor, writing coach. Helping you make your story be the story that matters.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Education & Reference, Entertainment, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, True Crime, Judaism, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Chet

Chet 5 star rating

Chicago, IL, USA

WSJ Bestselling Ghostwriter for executives, entrepreneurs & influencers writing memoir, business, spiritual & LGBTQ+ narratives.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Stacia

Stacia 5 star rating

Temecula, CA, USA

New York Times Best Selling author of more than 300 children's books. I write mid-grade, picture books, YA and more!

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Middle Grade Fantasy, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Judaism, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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David

David 5 star rating

Franktown, VA, USA

Nearly 50 books in print. Retired university teacher. Latest: THE ACADEMY, St. Martin's; WRITING IN THE AGE OF AI, Northampton House Press.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Literary Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, History, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • US Navy
  • Wilkes University
  • Simon & Schuster, St. Martins/Macmillan, Avon, Tor, Forge, HBJ, Naval Institute Press
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Alee

Alee 5 star rating

Nashville, TN, USA

World-renowned trauma-informed ghostwriter of 41 books and editor of over 950, with past in-house experience at HarperCollins Publishers.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Inspirational, Contemporary Fiction, Chick Lit, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • HarperCollins
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Scott

Scott 5 star rating

Hillsborough, NC, USA

Award-winning crisis counselor, healthcare executive, strategic communication and employee engagement consultant, and published author

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Horror, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Debra

Debra 5 star rating

Jersey City, NJ, USA

I ghostwrite award-winning memoirs, and best-selling nonfiction. Topics include: entrepreneurship, investing, neuroscience, business, music.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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David

David 5 star rating

Los Angeles, CA, USA

I create business books and memoirs that turn authors into leaders and earn a ROI.

Genres: Plays & Screenplays, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Forbes Books
  • Little, Brown & Company (Hachette Book Group)
  • Meaning Books (formerly the Michael Levin Writing Company)
  • Self-employed
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Ken

Ken 5 star rating

Huntington, WV, USA

A freelance writer for many years, in recent years I have focused more on book ghostwriting and developmental editing.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Religion & Spirituality, and Christian Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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