ghostwriter

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Recent Examples of ghostwriter The second of Hoover’s books coming to the screen this year follows Lowen, a ghostwriter who takes a job to finish the book series of famed author Verity Crawford. Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026 Ronald Reagan ghostwriter and author of The Falcon and the Snowman Robert Lindsay died on December 19 at the age of 90. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026 This adaptation of her psychological thriller stars Dakota Johnson as a ghostwriter, Anne Hathaway as the best-selling author she’s hired to help, and Josh Hartnett as Hathaway’s hunky husband, who might just be hiding something. Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025 Wallace, as her ghostwriter, would have remained in the background. Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025 Others include Chicago native Elijah Bennett, a film graduate and ghostwriter who describes himself as a storyteller. Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ghostwriter
Noun
  • Powering the portable scribbler is 1.7-GHz dual-core processing supported by 2 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2025
  • All remaining scribblers should lay down their squibs and come out, squinting, arms aloft in surrender.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • It’s nominated for best picture musical or comedy, with star Timothée Chalamet nominated for best actor in a comedy and cowriter and director Josh Safdie nominated for best screenplay.
    Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Around this time, Fabiano Gullane, a partner at the production company, offered him a job as the showrunner of the miniseries and cowriter on a Senna feature, per the lawsuit.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Fordwich’s comments came after royal biographer Robert Jobson told People magazine that Andrew could face exile abroad.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • His biographer, Rod Taylor, chatted with Joe Sibilia on Nostalgia Tonight about Holloway's relationship with Disney.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Brenda Looper joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as a news clerk in April 1997, and worked as a feature writer, reviewer and copy editor on the news side before moving to the opinion section in July 2011.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Ryan Collett is a writer, animator, and knitter.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Before starting treatment, people should be aware of this possibility, says Sam West, PhD, a coauthor of the study and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • According to details of the settlement, which would be split with my publisher, then split with my coauthor chef Nick Elmi, giving each of us a whopping $750.
    Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
    Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • Rather the answer, according to Obama’s wordsmith, is to take cell phones away from American children who are seeing this carnage on social media and who are rightly horrified.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Eventually, this wordsmith shows up as well: Eileen Lovberg (Tar‘s Nina Hoss).
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The best agencies know how to blend AI visibility with the conventional hacks.
    John Hall, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Does the viral Whataburger cup hack actually help?
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026

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“Ghostwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghostwriter. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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