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Charles Daly, “Charlie,” is a ghostwriter and developmental editor working with memoir and non-fiction authors. He helps authors “go there” with difficult topics.
Charlie is the co-author of I Will Follow You Anywhere: A Comedian, a Responder, and the Fight for 9/11 Healthcare by John Feal, foreword by Jon Stewart (2026), and Make Peace or Die: A Life of Service, Leadership, and Nightmares, which was featured on Jocko Podcast.
He has worked as a developmental editor on bestselling military memoirs, including From Lawyer to Warrior and Civil: Life After the Foreign Legion.
His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, We Are The Mighty, Kōkatat, and Thought Catalog. He lives in a cottage on the west coast of Ireland with his wife, a Swiss crime novelist, and their cat, Serge. He serves as a maritime first responder on his local Lifeboat.
“This is the kind of book I love—a true-life memoir of a man who lived (and is still living) a multi-dimensional life of war, love, family, and service … and who writes about it like a bandit.”
– Steven Pressfield, on Make Peace or Die
Subjects
General
Specialties
Outdoors, survival, adventure, trauma, and veterans’ stories.
Skills
- Books
- Content marketing
- Coaching
- Case studies
- White papers
- Articles
- E-books
- Editing
- Ghostwriting
- Web copy
Book Credits
I will Follow you Anywhere: A Comedian, a Responder, and the fight for 9/11 Healthcare by John Feal with Charles Daly (2026)
Make Peace or Die: A Life of Service, Leadership, and Nightmares by Charles U. Daly (Co-author)
The eCommerce Marketing Handbook by Privy (Ghostwriter)
CIVIL: Life After the Foreign Legion by Joel Adam Stuthers (Developmental editor)
FINEX by Joel Adam Struthers (Developmental editor)
From Lawyer to Warrior: Failing the Bar, Becoming a Marine, and Finding Meaning By Chris Pavlak (Developmental editor)
Selected Work
As author, unless indicated otherwise.
The Serenity of an Abandoned Trip
A trip report from my first attempt to kayak around Ireland, written for Kokatat, the main sponsor of the trip.
ReadTexas Tower Number 4 vs. the North Atlantic (Shared byline with Joshua Maloney)
The story of a little-known maritime disaster off the coast of my hometown
How to Cope with Pulling an All-Nighter and Extended Periods of Sleep Deprivation
A guide for coping with sleep deprivation written for special operations units, combat medical support teams, and aid workers in high-stress environments. This guide helped the client, a sports and military nutrition company, bid on RFPs from the British Ministry of Defence. Due to the nature of this project, the document itself and the terms of those RFPs are classified. I worked on the unclassified side of this project.
National ZEV Investment Plan: Cycle 3 (Pages 47-60)
I wrote the marketing section of a white paper detailing Electrify America’s (Volkswagen) investment plan for 2022 and the outcomes from their marketing in 2020. The audience included Congressional subcommittees.
