ghost writer
Noun
Meaning
ghost writer (plural ghost writers)
Alternative spelling of ghostwriter
Synonyms
Examples
Fame is what gets people to go watch your film. I'm just glad to be in a film i believe in. And if it take's fame to get people there, then it's my job. But i'd rather be a ghost writer than have my name down.
According to her family she would never allow a ghost writer to write in her name.
Alyssa Maxwell has worked in publishing as an assistant editor and a ghost writer, but knew from an early age that being a novelist was what she wanted most.
By comparing the original articles with the finished book, it's clear that Houdini employed a ghost writer to polish the language and clarify his points.
In 2010, Brosnan starred as a fictional British former prime minister accused of war crimes (yes, he based his performance on Tony Blair, he says) in Roman Polanski’s thriller The Ghost Writer.
And there is also the “nègre littéraire": a commonly accepted expression for a ghost writer, which verbum pro verbo translates into “literary negro”.