Book writing services
End-to-end book writing for authors who have the idea, the audience, and zero free Wednesdays. We do the work; your name goes on the cover.
from $9,800
90,000–130,000 words · from $14,200
Historical fiction that gets the period right and reads modern.
Research-first. Period-accurate. Writers paired by era and region. A fact-check pass before line edit.
You have a period, an event, or a real person at the centre. You want a novel that respects the history without becoming a history lesson.
Historical fiction mood
What historical fiction feels like, in five frames.
Visual reference for the voice, palette, and reader mood the books in this category live in.
Sub-genres we work in
The historical fiction categories with their own conventions.
Sub-genres each have their own structural rules, word-count norms, and reader expectations. We assign by sub-genre, not just by parent.
Genre conventions
The rules we will not break unless you ask.
Every category has conventions its readers expect. The right time to break them is on purpose, with eyes open. The wrong time is by accident.
- Research dossier in week one. Primary sources, secondary sources, period dialogue references.
- Era-paired writer. Tudor specialist writes Tudor; WWII specialist writes WWII.
- Fact-check pass before line edit, by a different reader.
- Period dialogue without performative archaism. Modern readers find Ye Olde Englishe tiresome.
- Real historical figures used responsibly. Conversations they did not have are clearly fictional and signposted.
Sample covers
Historical fiction covers we shipped this year.
Each cover is a real project. Drag through to see the visual language we work in for this category.
Comp titles
Books that share your shelf, and the choice we'd ask you to make about which one to compete on.
On the discovery call, we ask which two of these your book most resembles, and which one you refuse to be compared to. The answer shapes the outline.
- Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
- The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
- Pachinko Min Jin Lee
- The Nightingale Kristin Hannah
Services for this genre
What a typical engagement looks like.
Ghostwriting services
Discreet, contract-bound ghostwriting where you own everything and the writer is permanently silenced on attribution.
from $11,400
Book editing services
Four levels of editing, real editors with real bibliographies. We start with a $250 sample edit so you can see the work before paying for the full pass.
from $0.018 per word
The studio
The team behind every genre.
Historical fiction — FAQ
Questions we get from historical fiction authors every week.
How do you handle real historical figures in fiction?
Two rules. First, real people only appear in scenes consistent with their documented record; speculative interiority is fine but speculative actions need a clear plausibility line. Second, an author's note at the back of the book signals what is documented and what is invented.
Do you do research yourselves or expect me to?
Both. We do primary research for the writer's reference; you bring whatever family papers, museum visits, or specialist contacts you have. Some projects benefit from a domain historian on retainer for $1,200–$2,800.
Period-appropriate dialogue without being unreadable?
The trick is vocabulary and syntax, not phonetic spelling. Mantel does this brilliantly; she does not use ye and forsooth. We work the same way.
Other genres
Twelve in total. Different team for each.
Premium wedge
Memoir
Memoirs work when one specific reader feels seen. Ours work because we interview the author into the chapters that aren't on the LinkedIn page.
Letters from the Last Year by Sharon Linen Fordham
Premium wedge
Business
The right business book wins a Series B, closes a multi-year keynote pipeline, or repositions a founder for an acquisition. The wrong one sits in a box. We write the right one.
Operating Under Constraint by Miguel Torres Velasco
Specialist team
Children's writing
Children's writing is where most adult writers fail. Word count is constraint, not freedom. We have a Chronicle-trained lead who reads every manuscript to a real seven-year-old.
The Soft Hour by Aliyah & Joseph Bremer
Fantasy
Fantasy writing and editing by people who actually read fantasy. Outline-first, world-building bible, series-friendly.
The Salt Throne by Priya Narayan-Chen
Mystery & thriller
Mystery and thriller writers who plot the book first and write the prose second. Plot holes cost readers; we don't write them.
The Verdict Room by Deborah Ngozi Okafor
Romance
Romance writers who deliver the genre's promises on schedule. Trope clarity, beat placement, heat-level transparency.
Ready when you are
Ready to talk about your historical fiction project?
A 30-minute discovery call with a senior editor — no sales script, no pressure. We'll tell you whether we're the right fit for your project, what it would cost, and how long it would take.