Who's Ghosting Whom?
MARK TWAIN
President Ulysses S. Grant called on his good friend Samuel Clemens to infuse his autobiography with wit and wisdom.
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER
The Pulitzer Prize winner and national treasure ghosted a number of children's books and memoirs including Mai Tiam Franking's 1921 bestseller My Chinese Marriage.
SINCLAIR LEWIS
Between Yale and the Nobel Prize, Lewis ghosted au currant memoirs and plot-whispered short stories for Jack London.
NAS
While building his own career, Nas supplied rhymes for some of the biggest early rap hits, including Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It."
SIDONIE-GABRIEL COLETTE
As a young literary savant, Colette wrote several novels published under the name of her asshole husband who had literally locked her in a room with a typewriter.
TED SORENSON
JFK's speechwriter captured the unique voice and worldview of the young senator.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOTZART
Back in the day, it was de rigueur for noble folk to publish a young composer's work as their own IP.
OUR NAME IS LEGION
Ghostwriters have contributed to the body literati under legendary names including William Shakespeare and Alexandre Dumas and modern blockbusters including Ian Fleming, Tom Clancy, James Patterson, Michael Crichton, and other famous authors, movie stars, politicians, athletes, and CEOs.