Overview
How I can help you with you story:
• Writing a crisp, appealing narrative
• Ensuring your voice and experiences are portrayed accurately
• Help with shaping your story into an enticing account
• Assisting with issues concerning the editing and publishing processes
• Writing a synopsis and chapter outline for publishers/agents
• Treating all material in confidence
My skills are built on having edited, researched and written books in the genres of non-fiction and memoir. One of the books I had the strongest engagement with was Camera Girl, which entailed liaising with the author's family to edit and select material for what was a sensitive but ultimately uplifting autobiography. I have also just edited a moving memoir about abuse called Playland, which will be published in March. I am currently collaborating on two more titles, including writing a memoir for a former Scotland Yard detective.
I am experienced in cultivating a subject's voice, shaping material into an engrossing narrative, and preparing a text for publication. As a freelance journalist I have a wealth of experience in working on special publications about subjects ranging from the Second World War to pop music to true crime.
Services
Non-Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- Post-graduate Diploma in Journalism
Work experience
Robin Jarossi
My skills include ensuring an author's voice shines out, giving their narrative a structure that will grip readers, and that the writing is crisp, accurate and engrossing. I enjoy working with authors to organise their material and refine the unique, intriguing elements of their story.
As a writer and editor I have a wealth of experience, working regularly with Mirror Books, for whom I have edited several non-fiction titles – including Camera Girl (a memoir by a pioneering Fleet Street woman Doreen Spooner), One Last Job (the Hatton Garden robbery story by Tom Pettifor and Nick Sommerlad), and The Green Bicycle Mystery (Antony M Brown).
The areas I have worked in most are personal memoirs and police/crime accounts, though I am always open to new genres.
My own writing includes the 2017 book The Hunt for the 60s' Ripper, about the investigation of a notorious west London case, and short stories published in anthologies Action: Pulse Pounding Tales and Crime Factory.
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