0 someone who writes a book or article, etc. for another person to publish under his or her own name:
A growing number of professional ghostwriters are widely available.
The authors could not reveal their identities as ghostwriters.
It's not unusual for a prominent political figure to employ a ghostwriter for a memoir.
In her spare time, she moonlighted as a ghostwriter for a popular series of teen books.
He has worked as a technical editor and a ghostwriter on a freelance basis.
The article detailed the writers experiences as a ghostwriter paid to help students cheat at every level of formal education.
During the next decade, he worked as a ghostwriter, a publisher, and editor, as well as writing novels, plays, and articles.
Sometimes these medical authors are considered ghostwriters, or paid writers who write a communicative piece but are not formally acknowledged as a texts author.