ghostwriter
noun
a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
ghost writer
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a variation of
ghostwriter.
Example Sentences
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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
"Technology can also be distracting, particularly if you're one step away from social media, or jumping down a research hole," says Melissa Haveman, a ghost writer and author coach.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2021
He was the rarest of athletes who didn’t just talk his stories into a tape recorder to be cleaned up by a ghost writer; like Bobby Jones, Thomson labored over his own syntax.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 25, 2020
