Ashley Stokes is an experienced, versatile creative writer with over twenty years’ experience across authoring, lecturing, publishing, editing, and ghostwriting. She is a thorough researcher and a strong story-form, style, and voice specialist, comfortable working across both non-fiction and fiction.…

Ashley Stokes

Ashley Stokes is an experienced, versatile creative writer with over twenty years’ experience across authoring, lecturing, publishing, editing, and ghostwriting. She is a thorough researcher and a strong story-form, style, and voice specialist, comfortable working across both non-fiction and fiction.…

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Ashley Stokes is an experienced, versatile creative writer with over twenty years’ experience across authoring, lecturing, publishing, editing, and ghostwriting. She is a thorough researcher and a strong story-form, style, and voice specialist, comfortable working across both non-fiction and fiction.

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Work Experience

Founder and Lead Writer at The Ghosting Company
January 1, 2023 - Present
Founder and lead writer for fiction and memoirs: planning, research, composition and pitching.
Senior Ghostwriter at London Ghostwriting Company
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023
Senior ghostwriter on non-fiction and fiction projects, including lead writing, project development and pitch writing.
Copy writer / Ghostwriter at Robot Mascot
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2019
Ghostwrote A–Z eyewear copy for a high-end spectacle designer and optician to the stars, and wrote annual reports, handbooks, brochures, TV and radio scripts, and advertising copy including text and taglines.
Copywriter at Robot Mascot
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2019
Ghostwrote A–Z of eyewear for a high-end spectacle designer and optician to the stars; also wrote annual reports, handbooks, brochures, TV and radio scripts, and advertising text and taglines.
Editor (Commissioning Editor) at Unthank Books
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2019
Commissioning editor of over 35 titles, including the Unthology series.
Ambassador in the East of England / Mentor / Editor at The Literary Consultancy
January 1, 1998 - Present
Ambassador and mentor to writers; editor of over 1,000 novels and non-fiction books, overseeing editorial work across manuscripts.

Education

MA in Creative Writing at University of East Anglia
January 1, 1997 - January 1, 1998
BA in Modern History at St Anne’s College, Oxford
January 1, 1988 - January 1, 1991
MA in Creative Writing at University of East Anglia
January 1, 1997 - January 1, 1998
BA in Modern History at St Anne’s College, Oxford
January 1, 1988 - January 1, 1991

Qualifications

BA in Modern History
August 5, 2026 - August 5, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other

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