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ghost writer

NOUN
actual but not official author
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The 60-year-old ghost writer in Pittsford, N.Y., left the store without making a purchase.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

Nick Pavlidis, a publisher, ghost writer and trainer of ghost writers, launched the online Beantown Books in 2023 and has since opened a small physical store in suburban Boston.

From Seattle Times May 23, 2024

Oakeshott was the ghost writer behind Brexit funder Arron Banks’s book “The Bad Boys of Brexit.”

From Washington Post Jul. 8, 2019

When a celebrity pens their autobiography, a ghost writer is usually brought in to make the prose coherent.

From Golf Digest Feb. 27, 2018

Wilson added "it was not that easy" working on the memoir with a ghost writer for a year, revisiting the highs and lows of his extraordinary life.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2016




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