Anna Katz

Ghostwriter & Editor

for people who’ve been through stuff

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How do you build a new life in a strange land?

What do you do after everything falls apart?

What happens when you achieve your dreams only to realize it wasn’t what you thought it was going to be?

This is what your reader wants to know. How are you going to tell them?

Hello.

I’m a ghostwriter, editor, and book coach, specializing in memoir and fiction.

I collaborate with aspiring authors and publishing professionals to transform life’s trials into captivating tales. My job is to help you:

  • Ask the questions you didn’t know—or couldn’t bring yourself—to ask

  • Figure out what’s juicy and important versus dull or gratuitous

  • Discover the essential psychological or emotional impulse behind the action

  • Build your world within the world at large

  • Make it easy (for you)

→  Turn your complicated life and big ideas into a dang good book. 

Anna Katz, smiling, in white button-down shirt with blue dots
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Services

 
 

Ghostwriting

Turn your idea into a story that captures your voice, your emotional and lived experience, your expertise and, of course, the reader’s attention.

 

Developmental Editing

Congrats on your draft! A developmental edit will give you the fresh perspective, specific feedback, and actionable ideas for getting it into fighting shape.

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"Wow. I have tears in my eyes. I love this so much! This has been one of the most memorable experiences ever!"

- Natasha Alexenko, founder of Natasha's Justice Project and author of A Survivor's Journey

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