Ghostwriting
You have the story.We find the words.
The Founder's Notebook
Building a company in public
A Life in Letters
A family record, 1938–2004
Beyond the Brief
Notes on professional practice
What it is
Someone else writes it. It is still your book.
A ghostwriter does not invent your life or borrow your expertise. They conduct fifteen to forty hours of structured interviews, read whatever archive exists, propose a chapter outline, and then do the part that is a craft rather than a memory: turning what you know into sentences a stranger will read willingly.
You approve the outline before drafting begins. You read every chapter as it is delivered. You direct changes, cut what you do not want in the world, and hold the final say on every line. The book is published under your name because it is yours.
This is not a shortcut for people who cannot write. It is the right tool for people who have something worth reading and a job that makes writing it impossible.
We write nonfiction. We do not ghostwrite novels, and we will tell you politely if what you actually want is an editor rather than a writer.
The process
From the first conversation to the final copy.
- 01
Discovery
We work out what the book is, who it is for, and whether it should exist in this form.
- 02
Research
Reading, archives, source material, prior interviews, company or family records.
- 03
Interviews
Recorded conversations, usually 15–40 hours, structured around the shape of the book.
- 04
Structure
A full chapter outline you approve before a word of the book is written.
- 05
Writing
Chapters delivered in batches, in your voice, with your notes at every stage.
- 06
Editorial
Developmental and line editing of the complete draft.
- 07
Final manuscript
A finished book-length manuscript that belongs to you.
- 08
Publishing
Design, production and publication — with us, or wherever you choose.
Who we work with
Four kinds of book, four kinds of author.
Founders & Entrepreneurs
The book that explains how the company was actually built, rather than the version told on stage. Usually part memoir, part method — and the hardest part is deciding which parts of the story you are willing to tell honestly.
Experts & Professionals
Doctors, lawyers, academics, consultants and specialists with twenty years of knowledge and no ordered way to present it. The work is largely structural: deciding what the reader must understand first.
Memoirs & Life Stories
A life, or the part of it that has a shape. We interview at length, read whatever archive exists, and find the spine of the book before writing a word of it.
Family & Legacy Books
A record made for the people who come after: parents and grandparents interviewed while there is still time, letters and photographs catalogued, and the whole thing produced as a proper book rather than a folder.
Authors we work with
- Founders
- Entrepreneurs
- Executives
- Doctors
- Lawyers
- Academics
- Experts
- Memoirists
- Families
Books we write
- Authority books
- Founder stories
- Memoirs
- Family histories
- Professional books
- Corporate histories
- Legacy books
Sample editions
Books that can begin with an idea.
Ghostwriting
Tell us about your book.
A conversation costs nothing and usually clarifies whether the book you have in mind is a book, a long essay, or three different books wearing one coat.
The Founder's Notebook
Building a company in public