William Meis – Ghostwriter

After a successful career founding and editing prestigious academic journals and then working in Hollywood as the Director of Publications for the Writer's Guild of America, I wrote a number of controversial books under my pen name, Guillermo Bosch, then an entertaining detective novel, The Innocents, under my own name. I have now settled into a successful career ghostwriting creative personal memoirs and autobiographies of 'extraordinary, ordinary' people', and I have found my 'third act' ghostwriting career very rewarding and a welcome addition to caring for my late-in-life, very active, young son.

When I have helped authors write their personal memoirs and autobiographies, I have, at times, worked on projects from scratch when authors bring me little more than an outline and ask me to create a book for them from notes and memorabilia. Other times I have held numerous interviews and conducted extensive research. Sometimes authors bring me a nearly completed project that needs greater character development, more narrative cohesion or simply a sense of humor—elements that require more than just editing but not a total rewrite. Each project is unique and special, and I enjoy the challenge of finding the key that helps an author to find success.

Since I have written a critically successful dystopian fantasy, Rain, and also a detective/mystery novel, The Innocents, I can also be helpful working with authors who are writing in those fiction genres.

Ultimately, my greatest satisfaction comes from the fact that my clients have been very pleased with our work together as their testimonials indicate:

Working with Bill was an absolute pleasure. He is talented, attentive and diligent. I would recommend him to anyone looking for quality work…
Perry Rizopoulos, co-author Wheat Songs (A memoir).

William Meis did a magnificent job ghostwriting Stanley K. Sheinbaum’s memoir! I would highly recommend working with him on any book-length writing project…
Betty Sheinbaum, Stanley K. Sheinbaum (An autobiography).

William A. Meis Jr. has an uncanny talent for listening, grasping and empathizing with the mentality and personality of the characters that he is writing about. He is imaginative and creative and easy and pleasant to collaborate with…
Rita Schinnar, co author Bela’s Story (A Memoir).

William A. Meis Jr. did a fabulous job taking my father’s notes and turning them into a searing memoir about Salonika's Ladino Jews from the Great Fire of 1917 through the 1943 mass deportation to Nazi death camps…
Rachel Kocsis, Names Without Tombs (A Memoir)