ghostwriter

She said the packager dropped her in 2011 and handed over her unpublished eighth instalment to an anonymous ghostwriter, who went on to publish two further Vampire Diaries books.

Despite this, Alloy hired a ghostwriter to write new novels and complete the “Vampire Diaries” series.

Mullen meets with a potential ghostwriter sent hopefully to help with his overdue memoir.

Over the next four decades, Carter, without a ghostwriter, produced about 30 books, more than any other modern president.

The ghostwriter claims that Wallace’s alleged actions have been minimised by some as "cheeky barrow-boy humour" but she describes it as "revolting misogyny".