About
Spirited is a team of ghostwriters and editors who work​ with clients across a range of ages, nationalities, religions and backgrounds on projects ranging from narrative non-fiction, copy-editing/sub-editing novels, structural editing, and the creation of autobiographies.
Ghostwriting is an incredible privilege, allowing writers to capture the essence of who a person is, and enabling the customer to pass something on to future generations.
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Over the past 10 years, we’ve written or edited in excess of 200 autobiographies for a variety of clients, capturing memories from Kenya to Kazakhstan, Dubai to Derby, Seattle to Senegal. We’ve been lucky enough to explore the history of these places, these times, and create portraits our clients recognise. Photographs tell one story; words express something different altogether and can help bring black-and-white images into Technicolour. The books we have collaborated on with customers have been widely read and critically acclaimed, with praise from politicians to public figures and leading Hollywood actors.
Education and Experience
Our founder, Jane, graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Language and Literature, before pursuing a career in journalism. She went on to the National Council for the Training of Journalists, and subsequently worked as a writer and subeditor for a national newspaper.
Jane has had several books published traditionally, both memoir and non-fiction, and her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Spectator, Prospect and many more. She's worked for both newspapers and magazines, in print and online, and has ghostwritten primarily for private clients under pseudonyms.
She have also worked in publishing for a decade, as a literary agent and editorial supervisor to well-established non-fiction writers and academics, novelists and children’s authors.
Jane was born and raised in London, where she still lives, and in her spare time she enjoys reading – of course! – swimming, running and cooking.
Help with Next Steps
If your aim is for eventual publication, we’ve been lucky enough to work with a host of experienced industry professionals.
We can assist with the entire process, from suggesting literary agents and providing guidance on how to approach them, directing you to publishing houses, and creating proposals for the book in question, all tailored to the current market.
If you would like to self-publish your memoirs, we can help with securing the best platform.
Writing samples, links to previous work and references are all available on request.
