About Barbara

Barbara Basbanes Richter draws on her background as an author, public speaker, French-to-English translator, and entrepreneur to help her ghostwriting clients create their books in their voices. Clients have included Fortune 500 CEOs, scientists, professional athletes, health and wellness gurus to the stars, award-winning artists and musicians, television personalities, and many more. 

In addition to ghostwriting, Barbara is the founder DIYBook, an affordable online writing and printing platform for people to share their life stories, and she hosts the podcast "Writing for Immortality."

 

Raised in a home filled with books (here's CSPAN touring her house: https://www.c-span.org/video/?283398-1/nicholas-basbanes-tour-home-library) and greatly influenced by her father Nicholas A. Basbanes, an award-winning writer and National Book Award finalist, Barbara's upbringing nurtured her literary heritage and honed her critical thinking skills. Barbara’s career, marked by her roles as the Managing Editor for Literary Features Syndicate, columnist for Fine Books and Collections Magazine, and contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Daily News, and The Sewanee Review, has established her as a prominent figure in both modern literature and entrepreneurship.