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Marcia 5 star rating

Rochester, NY, United States

NYT and WSJ bestselling business book ghostwriter with 80+ nonfiction books on leadership, entrepreneurship, and marketing to her name.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Career Guides, Computers & Internet, Home & Garden, Writing & Publishing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Education & Reference, Finance & Accounting, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Eastman Kodak Company

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

Jessie 5 star rating

Portland, OR, United States

I'm a ghostwriter+book coach to entrepreneurs, business owners and coaches who have a powerful story to tell and a business impact to make.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Chasing Fireflies

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

Becky 5 star rating

Asheville, NC, USA

Experienced how-to ghostwriter who can help you build your brand. Not a writer? That's okay, let's make you an author!

Genres: Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Photography, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, DIY & Crafts, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Sterling Publishing / Lark Books / Pixiq

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

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

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Mary 5 star rating

Cincinnati, OH, USA

The best-selling author of PROOF OF HEAVEN and professional editor. I love to edit personal stories that inspire hope and transformation.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Franciscan Media
  • University of Cincinnati

Jeremy 5 star rating

New York, United States

NYT and WSJ bestselling collaborator, named one of the “very best ghostwriters for conjuring a bestseller,” Harvard-educated lawyer

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Law, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Parenting & Families, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

  • Book / TV / Film
  • Book / Writer-for-hire
  • Rugged Land Books
  • The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New Republic, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Barnes and Noble Review, others
  • Self-Help Book Series
  • Self-Published Marketing/Business Book
  • Book / TV Pilot
  • Ghostwriter
  • Ghostwriter / Collaborator
  • Book Proposals / Manuscripts
  • Editor / Collaborator

Bill 5 star rating

Atlanta, GA, USA

Seasoned ghostwriter with emphasis on biographies and memoirs.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sports & Outdoors, Business & Management, Education & Reference, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • MLB.com

I help experts, leaders, coaches, and innovators write books that captivate their audience and set them apart from the competition.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Boston Consulting Group

Michael 5 star rating

Winter Park, CO, USA

Mike is a ghostwriter/co-writer. 25 years in publishing & marketing. 4 New York Times Bestsellers. 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

Ryan 5 star rating

Los Angeles, CA, USA

A New York Times Best Selling ghostwriter of over 25 nonfiction books, specializing in memoir, self-development, and business.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Lyric 5 star rating

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Certified ghostwriter and editor with 8+ years of experience (Macmillan, Hachette, Sounds True) in spirituality, women's health, & memoir

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Sounds True/St. Martin's Essentials (Macmillan)

Hy 5 star rating

New York, NY, USA

Author of 20+ books, incl. 2 New York Times bestsellers—one's sold over 500,000 copies—and top proposal expert who landed client $1M advance

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Religion & Spirituality, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Law, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Melissa 5 star rating

San Francisco, CA, USA

Seasoned ghostwriter and collaborator with big five experience delivering content that agents and editors want. Former Executive Editor.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Stefanie 5 star rating

New York City, NY, USA

Consummate creative collaborator and deft book doula. Author of 10 books, ghostwriter of 25, I write book proposals that make editors swoon.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, New Age, Biographies & Memoirs, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Sex & Relationships.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • private client
  • Private client
  • Private client

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