Welcome to my website

My name's James Essinger. In my professional life I'm a writer, editor, book project creator and public relations consultant.

Professionally, I do all the following things:

I write novels and non-fiction books under my own name

I win press and broadcast media coverage for the clients of my public relations consultancy, Da Vinci Public Relations, which has its own website: www.davincipr.com

I help people who have written books - including novels and non-fiction - to edit and polish the books to the highest standard and into a form where the work has the greatest chance of getting published.

I work as a ghost-writer of novels and non-fiction books. This means that I write the entire book, after careful discussion with the person under whose name the book is going to be published. I do ask for a prominent credit in the book's acknowledgements, but the credit does not specify that I wrote the book.

I work with acknowledged experts in their field to provide assistance to them when they are writing a book. In this case, my assistance consists of editorial guidance, and perhaps some writing where they ask for it. However, the book is their book and my role is limited to providing advice and some assistance.

I create book projects, mostly in the non-fiction area. I put together the project and give advice to the author and editorial assistance where needed. Usually, I also devise a title for the project. I then aim to place the project directly with a publisher or to find an agent to represent it.

I write journalism as a freelance writer.

I write occasional short stories.

I have an MA degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford University. I studied at Lincoln College.

I'd love to hear from you. Please use the contact form to email me.