Functional and integrative medicine, men's and women’s health, biohacking, genomics, the gut microbiome, and more.

You’re the Expert. Let’s Get Your Book Written

I ghostwrite nonfiction books for doctors, therapists, and health practitioners who know they have a book in them and don’t have the hours to write it. You bring the expertise and the stories. I do the writing. Your name goes on the cover.

I'm Deborah Holmen. I make people comfortable enough to tell the truth, on the page and off it. For clients, that means turning hard-won medical and personal experience into a book that holds together and reaches the right readers. Years of bylined essays and a teacher's ear for voice mean I know how to put a real human voice on a page. Take a look around.

Functional and integrative medicine, men’s and women’s health, biohacking, genomics, the gut microbiome, and more.

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AI Can Write the Sentences. It Can’t Get the Story.

A response to Jasmine Sun on the independent writer’s advantage — and why ghostwriting is more human work than ever. By Deborah Holmen, M.Ed., NBCT AI Can Write the Sentences. It Can’t Get the Story. A response to Jasmine Sun on the independent writer’s advantage — and why ghostwriting is more human work than ever. Jasmine Sun published a piece this month called “The Independent Writer’s Advantage in the Age of AI.” It ran on Substack, adapted from a talk she gave at the Once

5 hours ago6 min read

A woman sipping coffee over a desk with an open journal.

Crafting Your Memoir with a Ghostwriter for Personal Memoirs

By Deborah Holmen, M.Ed., NBCT, CLC Eye-level view of a writer’s desk with a notebook and pen Memoir Ghostwriting for Leaders, Clinicians, and Lived-Experience Authors Writing a memoir is personal work. It's your voice, your lived experience, your truth on the page. Sometimes the story you're carrying needs a partner who can shape it into a book that holds together and lands with the readers you want to reach. I'm Deborah Holmen — author, freelance writer, and memoir ghostwri

May 235 min read

Ghostwriting for Health, Wellness, and Lived-Experience Authors

By Deborah Holmen, M.Ed. NBCT A doctor learning the stories of her patients. Most of the people who reach out to me have been carrying a book idea for months. Sometimes years. They're physicians, therapists, nurses, integrative practitioners, recovery coaches, parents who walked through something hard with a child. They've sat with patients and clients in their most vulnerable moments. They've stood beside loved ones in hospital rooms. They've gathered insights that could gen

May 165 min read

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