Experienced ghostwriter, comfortable and discreet working both with high-profile public figures and on private legacy commissions.
Overview
30 + years of experience as as writer, editor and narrative consultant. All my published work has been grounded in research and then built around interviews. Ghostwriting is my passion, helping people tell their stories: sports stars, high achievers and one or two rascals. I can help at every stage from first idea through to publication. It's a really engaging, satisfying process: I do the research that allows me to structure our interviews, we talk so I can get at the unique story you have to tell, and then find your distinctive storyteller's voice so the book reads and feels like your own. It all starts with our first conversation!
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Sports & Outdoors
Languages
English (UK)
English (US)
Work experience
Self-employed
Jan, 2025 —
Jul, 2025
(7 months)
Writer, non-fiction title for children ages 7-9, about people working behind the scenes in football. Also advised on picture content and produced captions and annotations.
Self-employed
Jan, 2023 —
Aug, 2023
(7 months)
Writer, non-fiction title for children aged 9-11, about history of football. Also advised on pictorial content and wrote captions and annotations.
Reach Publishing
Feb, 2020 —
Apr, 2022
(about 2 years)
Ghostwriter for autobiography by Arsenal FC soccer legend and leading FA coach.
Self-employed
Feb, 2019 —
Mar, 2021
(about 2 years)
Ghostwriter for autobiography of world leader in field of reproductive medicine. Privately published and sold as fundraiser for dementia research in Singapore
Self-employed
Feb, 2017 —
Apr, 2019
(about 2 years)
Ghostwriter for Andrew Woodward's account of child sex abuse in professional soccer in the UK. Short-listed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2018.
Self-employed
Feb, 2015 —
Feb, 2017
(almost 2 years)
Ghostwriter for autobiography of Thomas Salme, an extraordinary man who flew commercial airliners for 13 years using false license and documents. Published in Italian translation as Pilota Abusivo.
Self-employed
Feb, 2012 —
Jul, 2014
(over 2 years)
Ghostwriter for account of life and soccer in Brazil with international star Oscar, published to coincide with the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Self-employed
Jan, 2008 —
Jun, 2010
(over 2 years)
Ghost writer and editor of 40 accounts of childhood by a selection of the world's greatest soccer players, including Lionel Messi. Published in translation worldwide and winner of Sportel Illustrated Book of the Year prize 2010
Self-employed
Jul, 2007 —
Feb, 2009
(over 1 year)
Writer of series of 6 fiction titles for children aged 11-13, based on the adventures of a top-flight football club and designed to help reluctant readers and those struggling with maths. Employed several different writing styles and text formats.
Self-employed
Dec, 2002 —
Dec, 2004
(almost 2 years)
Ghostwriter on David Beckham's best-selling autobiography. Published worldwide in translation and in the USA as Both Feet On The Ground.
Self-employed
Jan, 1993 —
Present
I provide the full range of ghostwriting services: proposal, development, research, interviewing, writing and marketing advice. I also specialise in oral history.
