Albo Devine — recognized by his trademark facial hair and Al The Ghost moniker — specializes in gripping stories with an international angle: paradigm-shifting nonfiction, transformative memoir, illuminating fiction & Screenplays. A globetrotting multi-linguist — conversational in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, & Japanese — Al is a sincere ghostwriter for stories in the age of the global citizen and a proud member of the Millennial generation.
After nearly a decade working as a journalist in an increasingly post-fact world from his native USA to Spain to Brazil to China, Al had a realization. He read a novel featuring a protagonist who wrote obituaries for a living. It was a fascinating tale, recounting the lives of interesting women and men who had passed. As much as he loved the story, Al was saddened. "If only those people could have shared those stories while they were still alive," he thought. "If only the protagonist gave them their flowers when they could smell them."
Not long afterward, Al was asked by a diplomat during an interview to help write her memoir. Almost overnight, he watched himself separate from his ego and his byline. The vanishing act allowed Al to do his best work: putting his desires to the side and the needs of his clients — the authors — first.
Now based in Japan & Los Angeles, Al counts himself among the precious few Millennial ghostwriters ushering the book business into a world without digital or physical borders. He’s guided his clients to traditional, self, and hybrid publishers, all while keeping every relationship 100% confidential. He’s collaborated with billionaires and blue-collar workers, entertainers and entrepreneurs, & authorities and athletes across five continents.