Welcome to the Directory of Quality Independent Authors

If you're looking for a top quality technical author or professionally qualified communicator, you've come to the right place. This Directory lists independent authors who can meet all your business and technical communication needs, including:

• documentation planning and management
• user and reference guides
• operating and maintenance manuals
• operations and quality processes and procedures
• on-line help
• web site design and development
• training materials and courses
• marketing materials and catalogues
• internal communications
• house styles and templates
• copywriting and journalism
• translations

Why You Need a Quality Author

"Users don't want documentation, they want answers". That's true, but how do you give them the answers? ...... get some ideas from Mike Unwalla and judge for yourself.

How to Find an Independent Author

With our rapidly expanding Directory of communication service providers, we are confident that one has the right combination of skills and experience to meet your needs. You can find an author using the Advanced Search, or by entering a keyword in the QuickSearch from the side navigation panel.

The Directory is regularly updated and growing fast, so please visit again for the latest information.

Our Credentials

All the authors listed in the Directory are members of the Independent Authors Special Interest Group (IASIG), a group within the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC).

There are several grades of ISTC membership, including Corporate (Members and Fellows) and Non-Corporate (Honorary Fellows, Associate Members and Student Members). These reflect the wide range of expertise and overview in our profession but all are subject to the ISTC's Code of Conduct and Professional Practices.

Corporate members have met the Institute's requirements for knowledge and experience of technical communication so you can be sure that the service you receive from them will be of the highest quality.