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Riya T.

Ghostwriter | Scriptwriter

Stories sell. And I know how to write the ones readers can’t put down. Hi, I’m Riya Talla, a professional ghostwriter with 5+ years of experience and 60+ full length novels written for clients worldwide. Romance, dark romance, mafia, fantasy, thrillers. I understand the tropes readers crave and the emotional hooks that keep them turning pages long after midnight. I hold a Master’s degree in English Literature and Creative Writing, which sharpened my storytelling instincts into craft. I know pacing, tension, character psychology, and the market patterns behind books that actually sell. Enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, morally grey heroes, slow burn tension. I don’t just write stories. I build addictive reading experiences. Writing has never felt like work to me. It’s the one place where hours disappear and characters start feeling real. I live through the words I write, and that passion shows up on every page. If you have an idea for a novel, I know how to turn it into a story readers obsess over.

🇮🇳New Delhi, India$20/hr100% JSS4.91 (25)Since Sep 2023

Earnings and projects

MRR
$284

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#100,503 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#10,630 / 45.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $1.7k

Total earnings
$6.6k

Billed in all: $6.8k

World#231,215 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#28,071 / 45.9k
Per project
$213

$142 in the last 6 months

World#259,668 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#30,895 / 45.9k
Projects, last 6 months
12

Across 13 contracts

100% fixed0% hourly
World#14,023 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#1,928 / 45.9k
Projects in all
31

Across 34 contracts

97% fixed3% hourly
World#94,778 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#14,533 / 45.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$6.8kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$6.6k$6.7k$6.8k$6.9kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 14% in Humor Writing

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