About
Tim Vandehey is a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter and co-author who’s written more than 70 nonfiction books, won multiple Axiom, Independent Press, and Goody Awards, and published with such major houses as HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Hay House, Wiley & Sons, and MIT Press. Tim specializes in genres such as memoir, business, prescriptive self-help, and cultural commentary but has ghostwritten successful books on subjects as diverse and challenging as cybercrime, the Internet of Things, ultra-endurance racing, brain trauma in professional football, and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Tim’s notable recent titles include I Identify As Blind: A Brazen Celebration of Disability Identity, Culture and Power by Lachi (Penguin Random House, January 2026); Redeem a Nation: The Century-Long Battle to Restore the Soul of America, by Damario Solomon-Simmons (Penguin Random House, May 2026); Saturday Night, Sunday Morning: Staying True to Myself from the Pews to the Stage by P.J. Morton (Hachette, November 2024); and Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms by Shaunie Henderson (Simon & Schuster, May 2024). In his long career, he has ghostwritten for Hollywood producers, Pentecostal bishops, Emmy-winning actors, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, NFL veterans, reality stars, naturalists, Ironman champions, computer geniuses, and famous musicians, to name a few.
When he’s not writing, Tim is usually singing. He’s an experienced vocalist who sings jazz, blues, Renaissance, and classical music in multiple ensembles. If he’s not at rehearsal (and he’s always at rehearsal), he’s probably building his tiki-themed home office or working on mixing the perfect mai tai. He lives in Kansas City, MO, with his wife, two daughters, and far too many beagles.
