Your Favorite Authors Are Con Stars: 5 Lesser-Known Paper Writers Collaborations

It’s almost like you are learning the reality of Santa Claus. In the world of literature, ghosts aren’t simply the banshees, phantoms, and terrifying spirits of horror stories.

They are the ghosts of a pen. Ghostwriting tends to have an illustrious and long history. Numerous famous artists, authors, and politicians recruit paper writers to accomplish prominence and convince the masses.

Wondering, “Who are these shadowy figures lurking beyond our reach?” Sure, now you know that they are authors who get paid to write under certain popular authors’ names.

Popular Celebrities And Authors You Didn’t Know Used Ghostwriters

Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini, the famous illusionist, and escape artist worked with H.P. Lovecraft as early as the 19^th century. Lovecraft used to frequently pen content for the magazine Weird Tales, established by J.C. Henneberger. He approached Lovecraft, asking him to write stories marketed as ‘true’ tales of Houdini.

Barack Obama

Every popular modern politician in the present era has paper writers who aid in crafting their vision and convincing the mass. His first noteworthy partnership was with Jonathan Favreau, who Obama considered his ‘mind reader’. When he won the presidency, Obama made Favreau the director of speech writing and a White House staff member.

V.C. Andrews

V.C. Andrews is quite famous for her teen writing works emphasizing taboo family themes. She was starting to develop her true writing empire when she passed away at 63 due to severe breast cancer in the 1980s. Her family then roped in Andrew Neiderman to write the series under her name.

It was also the book that brought the name Andrews into the mainstream. He continues to pen content under the name of Andrews, proving that ghostwriting is incredibly useful for authors even after they pass away.

John F. Kennedy

The highly distinguished President of the United States elevated his public profile with his book ‘Profiles in Courage’ in 1956. This engaging book primarily focuses on the selfless acts of a host of senators of the United States- like John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, and Sam Houston.

Elton John

One of the outstanding examples is Elton John. Besides writing the lyrics for most songs of Elton John, Bernie Taupin also has an open working artistic relationship that continues to the date.

Bernie always crafted his lyrics around Elton John’s music, including widely-acclaimed songs like ‘Candle in the Wind’, ‘Tiny Dancer’, and ‘Rocket Man’. This collaboration only demonstrates that even an individual like Elton John, who had an impeccable showman flair and  unique musical abilities, only achieved a full potential through the contribution of his ghostwriter Taupin’s brilliant lyrical talents.

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The Count Of Monte Cristo

Is it true the well-renowned French nobleman, beloved romance author, and one of the hugely famed novelists of the nineteenth century didn’t write Monte Cristo? Well, not exactly. Dumas, along with Auguste Maquet, penned down the book remains unaccredited on most of them. Even after a dispute over the money and bylines, Maquet and Dumas went their separate ways.

Goosebumps

There remains ample mystery surrounding R.L. Having that said, Scholastic itself claims R.L.

Nancy Drew

If anyone asks you who wrote the legendary Nancy Drew series, you will probably say Carolyn Keene. Here’s the twist- Carolyn Keene refers to innumerable paper writers.

Jason Bourne

There are two entities in the world who do not fear death – Neil deGrasse Tyson and ghostwriters.

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