Biography ghost writers

Writer who writes for the credited author

For other uses, see Ghostwriter (disambiguation).

"Ghostwriters" redirects here. For the Australian band, see Ghostwriters (band).

Not to be confused with ghost riding.

A ghostwriter is a person hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are putatively credited to another person as the author.

Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, memoirs, magazine articles, or other written material.

Memoir ghostwriters often pride themselves in "disappearing" when impersonating others since such disappearance signals the quality of their craftsmanship.^[1] In music, ghostwriters are often used to write songs, lyrics, and instrumental pieces.

Screenplay authors can also use ghostwriters to either edit or rewrite their scripts to improve them. Usually, there is a confidentiality clause in