Shannon Kyle

Shannon Kyle

Book credits:

Katie Piper / Things Get Better (Quercus 2012)

Terrie O'Brian / Nobody Cared (Macmillan 2012)

Catherine Paton Black / At the Coal Face (Headline 2012)

Violet Cannon / Gypsy Princess (Headline 2011)

Jade Goody / Forever in My Heart (HarperCollins 2009)

Areas of specialism: real life stories (particularly nostalgia and misery),  celebrity memoir and third person biography.  As well as an ability to connect with her subjects, Shannon works extremely quickly, making her ideal for projects with a tight turnaround.

Shannon Kyle is a journalist with over ten years experience working in print media.  For the past three years she has worked freelance for The Guardian, The Mirror, The Express, Woman’s Own, Pick Me Up, Take a Break specials, Love it, Woman's Own, New Woman and The Press Association. Previously she has worked as Features Editor at Take a Break specials, Assistant Editor at Full House magazine and feature writer for The People newspaper.

Shannon was the ghostwriter for Jade Goody’s cancer diaries, FOREVER IN MY HEART (HarperCollins, April 2009), which went on to be a Sunday Times bestseller for four weeks, selling over 100,000 copies.  She specialises in real life stories, particularly nostalgia and misery memoir, and celebrity memoir.  Shannon has a reputation for working very quickly and is able to turn a book around in a matter of weeks including research where necessary.

Praise for FOREVER IN MY HEART:

'... achieved something almost profound in this journal.  It's death laid bare with no literary trickery to make the misery seem "important". It's just miserable - and all the more moving for that.' - The Sunday Times

'An honest, heart-wrenching and funny diary recounting Goody’s fight against cervical cancer and trying to make the most of the time she had left.' - Suite101.com