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Alice 5 star rating

Nashville, TN, United States

WSJ bestselling ghostwriter & 12-time NYT bestselling editor. I've written 70 books and edited over 1,300 titles.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Entertainment, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Inspirational, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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

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

Marina 5 star rating

San Mateo, United States

Stanford-educated nonfiction book author, magazine journalist, and editorial consultant specializing in the social sciences. I help experts.

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

Work experience:

  • UC Berkeley Extension
  • Self-employed
  • Apple Computer

Paul 5 star rating

New York, New York, United States

Literary collaborator who lands six-figure deals with major publishers and produces highly praised books for business leaders and artists

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Computers & Internet, Technology, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Entertainment, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • New Word City
  • The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Money, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc, Business 2.0, Outside, Gentleman's Quarterly, Esquire, Details

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

Karen 5 star rating

Cambridge, MA, USA

I help organizations and individuals develop ideas into high quality written content. Business, memoir, psychology, and healthcare.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sex & Relationships, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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Will 5 star rating

Rutherford, NJ, USA

Ghostwriter for nonfiction books & book proposals, specializing in business & current affairs. Solo for 6 years after 30 years @ the Big 5.

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

Work experience:

  • Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House
  • Self-employed
  • Crown Business, an imprint of Random House Inc

Chet 5 star rating

Chicago, IL, USA

Chet writes for Hollywood personalities, executives, and influencers specializing in memoir, business, spirituality, and 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

I save CEOs from writing bad books. 2025 Andy Award nominee, the ONLY ghostwriting award. Ghosted the most-awarded book on entrepreneurship.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Michael 5 star rating

Winter Park, CO, USA

Ghostwriter/co-writer. 20+ years in publishing & marketing. 4 New York Times Bestsellers. Nonfiction, business, faith, politics, memoir.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Joel 5 star rating

Hermosa Beach, CA, USA

Best-selling ghostwriter, produced screenwriter and award-winning novelist.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Entertainment, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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)
  • Michael Levin Writing Company (formerly Business Ghost)
  • DDF Creative LLC

Arestia 5 star rating

Los Angeles, CA, USA

I help thought leaders write that book they've always wanted to with my signature, proven process to get organized and past the overwhelm.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Natalie 5 star rating

Nashville, TN, USA

I'm a professional ghostwriter who specializes in writing memoir and personal growth book for both Christian and General Market authors.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Inspirational, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • HarperCollins-Thomas Nelson

Amelia 5 star rating

Chicago, IL, USA

New York Times bestselling ghostwriter who specializes in non-fiction books. My clients are execs, entrepreneurs and speakers.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Career Guides.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Fiction / memoir writer available to ghostwrite your story. Experienced writer of textbook case studies. Develops fiction, textbooks, cases.

Genres: Career Guides, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Management, and Psychology.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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