I’m a veteran ghostwriter and literary strategist with over 20 years of experience supporting thought leadership campaigns and developing nonfiction books for elite politicians, business executives, public servants, and influential creatives. I specialize in prescriptive nonfiction, trade books, and executive memoirs — combining brand strategy, comprehensive literature reviews, and artful storytelling to meet my client’s commercial and legacy goals.

When I founded Evie Literary in 2026, my key value proposition evolved to brokering literary representation for authors with the potential to secure six-figure book deals. I now shepherd my clients through every stage of the traditional publishing process with a rigorous, front-loaded approach to book positioning and concept development, executed with the support of an all-star team of Ivy-League educated creatives.

I’m an out-of-the-box thinker with a proven track record in guiding brand strategy: My efforts have proven critical in helping authors build a robust following from scratch and launch viral campaigns. My work is affiliated with world-class properties in business, media, and government, including: Forbes Books, Disney, and Cisco Systems. With every client, I offer a concierge approach.

My clients benefit from my deep expertise as a former White House speechwriter; I’m a wordsmith at my core. I’m also credited as being one of the fastest writers at Forbes Books. while maintaining top quality. I’ve built a reputation for extracting powerful narratives efficiently from busy executives, and I produce books that break through the noise to reach top-tier agents and publishers — and ultimately, savvy readers.

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I was born and raised in the Austin area and moved to California upon earning a full academic scholarship to Stanford University. I completed my bachelor's degree in Public Policy in 2002 and moved directly to Washington, DC, where I worked at the White House as a researcher and speechwriter under the apprenticeship of the senior speechwriters to the President. I was recognized for my contributions to the State of the Union, among other notable speeches delivered by the President, and helped draft remarks for then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

In the years following, I gained extensive experience in the private sector, conducting research and crafting corporate messaging for executives in technology (Cisco Systems) and talent management (Wasserman Media Group). I was later hired as a speechwriter for Luntz Global, where I consulted for top executives at Disney, Ernst & Young, the NFL, and many others. I have written speeches independently on behalf of state and national politicians and dynamic business leaders and entertainers in a wide range of industries.

I have refined my writing and editing skill set for 15 years as an independent ghostwriter to several dozen clients in corporate, entertainment, and entrepreneurial circles. For several years, I wrote an opinion column on pop culture issues for Acculturated and the New York Post and oversaw the pop culture vertical for a lifestyle magazine, where I published several dozen articles a week and managed 20 writers on tight deadlines. In addition to ghostwriting, my unique understanding of speechwriting led me to write a book on the topic of awards speeches in Hollywood, privately circulated to Oscar nominees.

In the last five years, I have served as a ghostwriter for elite business clients on behalf of Forbes Books, Gotham Ghostwriters, and various literary agencies. I am also a self-funded entrepreneur and founder of Goggull—my original line of high-drama safety glasses (which I developed after struggling with a rare form of ocular albinism). Please stay posted for the official launch.

In 2026, I founded Evie Literary, a full-service, boutique literary firm that combines ghostwriting with literary agent placement and a groundbreaking apprenticeship program. I shepherd high-value nonfiction book projects through the traditional publishing process, securing literary representation for my clients, while mentoring the next generation of elite ghostwriters and literary associates. My current clients include presidential appointees, intelligence professionals, scientific pioneers, and game-changing executives with the potential to be shepherded through the traditional publishing process.

Highlighted career accomplishments include:

📌 Selected to deliver ghostwriting support for elite clients, including: President George W. Bush, Dr. Condoleezza Rice (National Security Advisor and Secretary of State), Bob Iger (Chairman & CEO of Disney), John Morgridge (Chairman of Cisco Systems), and Roger Goodell (NFL Commissioner).

📌 Crafted thought leadership strategy for the chief executive of a public company that generated a viral social media campaign with billions of impressions.

📌 Consulted on numerous Hollywood awards speeches for nominees, privately credited by one celebrated Academy Award winner.

📌 Demonstrated track record editing and ghostwriting a retrospective, 80k-word account of a client's $3.5B company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, writing, line editing, and fact-checking the final manuscript in less than 7 weeks.

📌 Remarkable success ghostwriting an influential book on behalf of a coparenting expert that became a #1 Amazon bestseller overnight, maintaining the spot for three consecutive years; helped grow author’s Instagram engagement from zero to 250k followers.

Recent highlights (2026):

• Assembled a “dream team” of literary consultants on behalf of a Senate-confirmed political appointee that included the lead project manager for one of the First Ladies, an Ivy League speechwriting professor, and the ghostwriter for the Wu Tang Clan.

• Secured a five-figure advance for a political client with a very modest social media platform.

• Secured literary agent representation for an FBI client — based on a single paragraph — in less than 45 days of engagement; agent is expecting to secure a six-figure advance.

• Developed a proprietary, front-loaded, book positioning methodology featuring rigorous literature reviews that dramatically improves agent and publisher response rates

In my free time, I am the digital archivist for my hometown school district and for my family’s legacy (Vargo’s Retaurant of Houston). I remain devoted to preserving yearbooks, vintage photos, and videos that would otherwise be lost to the ravages of time. I’m a devoted fan of Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone” and HBO’s “Succession,” and I enjoy hiking, film, philosophy, and art.