Craig Pyette is a Ghostwriter and NYT #1 bestselling nonfiction editor who will help you turn your experience and expertise into an exceptional book. As a former senior editor at Knopf and Random House Canada, he worked closely with investigative, science, sports and political journalists; a former prime minister; business and health thought leaders; and professional athletes to produce nine number-one bestsellers, including the Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller 12 Rules for Life, which has sold over 10 million copies globally. Books he edited have received over seventy award wins and nominations and have been successfully adapted for stage and screen.
Whether it’s ghostwriting your book from scratch or editing the accomplished work of an experienced author—or any degree of editorial support in between—Craig can tailor his collaboration to give your book exactly what it needs to succeed.
JillEllyn Riley is a #1 New York Times bestselling writer and editor, with extensive experience in crafting and telling stories. It all comes down to voice — listening, honing, and developing the author’s authentic one. JillEllyn specializes in mission-driven nonfiction collaborations, particularly memoir; narrative nonfiction; women’s issues; cultural & social history; progressive politics; and social & popular psychology, as well as young adult & middle grade. Amy Cuddy, Julianna Barbassa, Judith Newman, artist Sue Coe, and ALS activist Brian Wallach are among her authors. As a ghostwriter and developmental editor, her projects have garnered six-figure advances and sold to major publishers.
Lauren joined Lucinda Literary as an agent in 2022. Authors she’s represented reflect her genre-diverse interests including memoirist Julie Fingersh (Stay: A Story of Love, Family, and Other Traumas), novelist Olivia Swindler (Break the Glass), and YA novelist Michelle Kulwicki (At the End of the River Styx). She’s passionate about elevating voices and stories that start important cultural conversations and is particularly interested in YA and children’s literature, upmarket fiction, and projects on religion and spirituality.
Prior to Lucinda Literary, Lauren was on the editorial team at Flatiron Books, where she focused on nonfiction and worked on bestselling and award-winning titles from authors including Leigh Bardugo, Oprah Winfrey, and Alicia Keys. She acquired The Unseen Body by Dr. Jonathan Reisman and edited books including New York Times-bestselling titles El Jefe by Alan Feuer and The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch. Most recently, she worked as a freelance editorial consultant with a slate of clients including corporations, nonprofits, and writers.
Lauren holds a BA in English with an emphasis on creative writing and a minor in religious studies from Kenyon College and is a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her family.
Fiction and non-fiction author, journalist, editor, and ghostwriter specializing in Genre Fiction, Literary Fiction, YA and Middle Grade, Business, Humor, Memoir, and Pop Culture.
Daniel is a sought-after ghostwriter and editor whose recent works include Game Changer, by Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg (Harper Leadership, 2020) and Running Remote by Liam Martin and Rob Rawson (Harper Leadership, 2022). He is also the author of the critically acclaimed Pacific Coast Highway Mystery series on Melville House.
Daniel’s writing has also appeared in the LA Times, Billboard, and UK Guardian, as well as several books including Too Cool, Hardcore California, Turn Up the Radio!, and Drinking with Bukowski. He’s the as-told-to for DeeDee Ramone’s autobiography, the editor of Timothy Leary’s last collection, and the author of several volumes of Price Stern Sloan’s Mad Libs.