Ghostwriter for smart people with great ideas.
Professional ghostwriter: memoirs, business books and company histories, written in your voice.
- PhD in creative writing, University of Sydney
- Ghostwriting since 2016
- Five books written
- Writing NBR’s 60th anniversary history
Now writing: Sixty Years of Business.
Sixty Years of Business, the story of the National Business Review, will be published on 26 August 2030 for NBR’s 60th anniversary.
What makes your story authentic?
You’ve built something worth writing down, whether that’s a business, decades of hard-won expertise or a life with a few adventures in it. I help you find the through line of your story and tell it well.
I’m a PhD-qualified ghostwriter (in creative writing, not physics), and the book I write sounds like you. That takes a lot of listening: twenty or more interviews, thirty to ninety hours of talking, and three rounds of review so you can change anything that doesn’t ring true.
What I do.
I write books. Mostly other people’s.
Memoirs: Your life and career, written in your voice.
Business books: What you know and how you work, turned into a book with your name on it.
Company histories: Your company’s story, researched from interviews and archives and written to be read.
I work globally with athletes, executives, founders, and consultants who have expertise worth sharing.
Based in New Zealand. Serving clients worldwide via video interviews and on-site intensives.
Read The Branches.
The Branches is a 256-page history of a remote high-country station on the upper Shotover River, published in April 2026 and written from archives and interviews with the families who lived there.
The case study shows how I researched, wrote and produced it, and the excerpt is the opening of the David Hazeel chapter.
Before you commission.
All guidesWhat does a ghostwriter cost in New Zealand?
What sets the price of a ghostwritten book, what the fee covers and how payment works.
Read the guideHow long does a memoir take to write?
The stages across a year, and what slows a book down.
Read the guideHow do ghostwriting interviews work?
How many sessions, the questions I ask and how to prepare.
Read the guideWhat’s involved in a company history book?
Interviews, archives, stakeholder review and sign-off.
Read the guide
What clients say.
…her ability to write as if she were me is uncanny! Highly recommend her services to anyone thinking of writing anything - especially if you have an amazing story or idea but don't know how to articulate it.
Not only does Poppie have a natural flair for storytelling, but she also possesses the remarkable ability to distill complex concepts into refined, elegant narratives that captivate audiences.
Poppie quickly worked out who I was, what I wanted and then proceeded to write my new web site, some stunning blogs, and other marketing stuff in a timely manner.
You have an innate talent for taking complex ideas and transforming them into clear, concise, and impactful content.
