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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

It’s an autobiographical essay written many decades later by the financier’s ghost writer looking back at her life as a poor young woman.

From Washington Post May 17, 2022

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

From Golf Digest Feb. 27, 2018

That voice was crafted by Tony Schwarz, who unusually for a ghost writer received half of the royalties and got a credit on the cover.

From BBC Jan. 29, 2017




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