Authors I have worked with include Hillary Clinton, Sonia Sotomayor, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Huma Abedin, Chelsea Clinton, Cecile Richards, Tom Brokaw, Abby Wambach, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. Here are some of the things they have said about working with me:

• “She just got it. Talk about a rock star...It was a remarkable collaboration because you’ve got a remarkable writer that seemed to actually give a damn about the topic and that was just so wonderful.” – Gavin Newsom (2021)

 

• “Ruby Shamir is an incredible collaborator, and I thank her for helping to bring my book idea to life.” – Justice Sonia Sotomayor (2022)

 

• “I wrote an entire chapter called Hillaryland but really it could have been two words: Ruby Shamir. It would be wrong to simply call Ruby my collaborator because she was and is so much more. In true Hillaryland fashion, she immediately picked up the phone when I called, signed on to help without really knowing what she was getting into and since then she has been my guide, my architect, my friend, my unfailingly positive partner, and increasingly the other half of my brain. She gave a narrative arc to all my long, rambling stories; a theme, a reason for what needed to be where, what needed to be said, what was missing. Even on the hardest days she pushed me to keep going, keep writing, and she made every single draft I gave her stronger, smarter, clearer, more coherent.” – Huma Abedin (2021)

 

• “Ruby Shamir is my go-to ghost writer, researcher, and non-fiction adapter, especially when there’s a high-profile author attached to the project. She’s smart, insightful, thorough, discreet, and has a remarkable capability to capture another writer’s voice with her own. When Ruby is part of the team, I know that the project will turn out wonderfully well, and everyone involved will have a great time in the process. Ruby gives every project she works on her all, and it shows in the results. She’s truly the best in the business.” – Jill Santopolo, Associate Publisher of Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group

 

• “Ruby Shamir adapted the book with sensitivity and insight, seeing every page with new eyes, and somehow made the process easy, even during pandemic conditions.” – Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey (2021)

 

• “Every word I could use to describe Ruby and her role would be inadequate.  She held the process together from start to finish – amassing, reviewing and synthesizing millions of words written about me and fact checking every one I wrote.  Her attention to detail and sweet spirit are rare to find in a single soul.” – Hillary Clinton (2003)

 

• “Ruby Shamir was an indispensable contributor to Hilary Clinton’s book, Living History, and working with her was a genuine pleasure. In addition to being a stellar researcher – calm, competent and indefatigable – she took charge of all the moving pieces in this sensitive, demanding project.  She oversaw the intensely thorough fact-checking process, managed high-profile contributors and advisors, conducted interviews, and tracked every draft through its many iterations. She is discreet, gracious, and exceptional in every way.”  – Nan Graham, Senior Vice-President and Publisher, Scribner

 

• “I was helped immeasurably by Ruby Shamir, researcher extraordinaire.  Her ability to turn out user-friendly and yet sophisticated material on a wide range of inquiries was breathtaking. Ruby, I cannot thank you enough.” – Tom Brokaw (2011)

 

• “Ruby is wonderful to work with. She is very intelligent, efficient, has sound text and people judgment. She is clever at research and very diplomatic.  She offers sensible and sound solutions to problems. We love working with Ruby.” – Kate Medina, Executive Vice President, Executive Editorial Director, Associate Publisher, Random House 

 

• “Ruby Shamir [and others named]… helped me build on a base of ideas, provided crucial research assistance and supported the various phases and incarnations of It’s Your World…I’d like to thank Ruby and Bari in particular for their early help in translating my vision for a book into a real plan, and Ruby especially for the clarity and candor that consistently characterized her suggestions and advice.” – Chelsea Clinton (2015)