Description
The author, Andrew Crofts, is a ghostwriter, which is a person who writes books for other people. He has written 80 books and has sold millions of copies. He has been in the bestseller charts for over 120 weeks. He has written for a variety of people, including film stars, footballers, hitmen, and hookers. He has also written books for world leaders and abused children. He is one of the world's most successful ghostwriters. In this book, Crofts confesses the truth about ghosting, which is writing books for other people without being credited as the author. He discusses the perks and pitfalls of this career, as well as the Crofts factor, which is his own success in this field.
HE'S WRITTEN MORE THAN 80 BOOKS. HE'S SOLD MILLIONS OF COPIES ACROSS THE WORLD. HE IS THE MAN BEHIND A DOZEN SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 HITS, SPENDING OVER 120 WEEKS IN THE BESTSELLER CHARTS. BUT YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD OF HIM. Andrew Crofts is a ghostwriter, an author for hire, employed to write other people's stories - everyone from film stars to footballers, hitmen to hookers, world leaders to abused children. Ghostwriters are confidantes to the most famous people on earth, and they help give a voice to some of the most vulnerable and inspiring. They dip their toes into every corner of life, and inhabit worlds that are both shadowy and glamorous. They are the ones who write the books that top the bestseller charts. Andrew is one of the world's most sought-after ghosts. In this book he confesses the truth about ghosting; how it feels to be an invisible author, to be given first class tickets to travel anywhere and permission to ask whatever questions you like. Confessions of a Ghostwriter gives an unrivalled peek into private worlds that few others gain admission to.
Review:
Praise for Andrew Crofts Crofts is disarmingly, charmingly frank about the perks and pitfalls of his own working life and shady trade. - The Times One of British literature's best kept secrets. - Matt Allwright, The One Show One of our currently eminent ghostwriters, Andrew Crofts. - John Sutherland, Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at UCL, The Spectator The jolly successful rent-a-ghost, Andrew Crofts. - Horace Bent, The Bookseller Magazine The shadowy authors of books such as these ... are becoming some of the most popular writers of our time. - Harriet Dennys, The Bookseller Magazine And of course there's the Crofts factor. - Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller Magazine
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