ghostwriter
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡəʊstˌraɪ.tər/us/ˈɡoʊstˌraɪ.t̬ɚ/someone who writes abookorarticle, etc. for anotherpersontopublishunder his or her ownname:
He should havehireda ghostwriter to make hiscase.
Thenovelwaslargelywritten by an unacknowledged ghostwriter.
See
ghostwrite
- Agrowingnumberofprofessionalghostwriters arewidelyavailable.
- Theauthorscould notrevealtheiridentitiesas ghostwriters.
- It's notunusualfor aprominentpoliticalfiguretoemploya ghostwriter for amemoir.
People who write for work or pleasure
- autobiographer
- blogger
- Braillist
- chronicler
- co-author
- columnist
- correspondent
- dramatist
- essayist
- humorist
- poet
- scriptwriter
- shorthand typist
- songwriter
- speechwriter
- stenographer
- stylist
- tweep
- tweeter
- twitterati