Guest Bloggers

Is there a ghost in your future?

Guest Blogger Holly Robinson writers about ghost writing: Recently, I appeared on a radio show to promote a literary event. We were talking about my latest novel, but inevitably the host asked, “So you’re a ghostwriter, too? Who have you written for?” I laughed and gave my standard answer: “Sorry. If I told you, I’d have to kill you.” “But don’t you even care if your name’s not on the cover?” he asked, sounding offended on my behalf. The truth? No. I write novels, essays, and articles under my own name, but when I’m ghostwriting, my job is to stand behind the curtain and channel a voice. By now, I have ghosted over twenty books. I fell into the profession accidentally when my agent, who knew I’d studied biology in college, asked if I’d be interested in helping an editor fix a messy health book written by a doctor. In…