Richard Madden

Richard Madden – Ghostwriter

I am a Travel Writer and Ghostwriter. Four of my eight books are ghostwritten including a No. 4. Sunday Times (UK) Bestseller (Bear Grylls).

Overview

I am a professional ghostwriter with a skill for understanding the needs of my clients and capturing their authentic voice on the page. I am fun to work with and enjoy establishing a rapport with my clients. The latter is all-important. The interviews, whether online or in person, in which the content of the book is discussed need to be relaxed but detailed. Trust is vital. A client needs to feel that they can be completely uninhibited knowing that they can experiment with ideas but will have full control of the final content.

My writing skills have been honed over many years and I am adept at turning interviews into inspiring text. While I am very proud of my three books for Bear Grylls, my book for Capt Philip Beale RN pieced together the story of his journey across the Atlantic in a reconstructed Phoenician sailing ship by interviewing all ten of his crew.

Services
Non-Fiction
Sports & Outdoors Travel
Languages
English (UK)
Awards
  • AITO Travel Writer of the Year (1500 words) 2021
Certifications
  • M.A. (Oxon)
  • FRGS Fellow Royal Geographical Society
  • MITG Member Institute of Tourist Guiding
  • Royal Literary Fund Fellow

Work experience

Self-employed

May, 2015 — Present
After working in advertising and then as a journalist, I was the Adventure Travel Editor of the Daily Telegraph (UK). Since 2015, I have been a freelance travel writer, author and ghostwriter with eight books to my name.

Portfolio

Book Ghostwriting
Great British Journeys (National Trust)

Richard Madden

Pavilion Books

The trips of a lifetime This is guide to the most jawdroppingly beautiful trips you can take through Britain's landscape. Whether it's getting an open top bus along the coast, riding a steam train up a mountain, floating along an idyllic river, driving through... read more
Book Ghostwriting
Atlantic B.C.

Philip Beale

Lulworth Cove Press

Book Ghostwriting
The Adventurous Traveller

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Robinson Publishing

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