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Channeling the voices of celebrities can be a lucrative career — one that requires empathy and discretion as well as literary chops. Zachary Crockett checks the acknowledgements.

SOURCES:
- Valerie Frankel, ghostwriter.
- Madeleine Morel, President and Lead Agent of 2M Communications.
- Daniel Paisner, ghostwriter.

RESOURCES:
- "Ghostwriting History: Churchill, Kennedy and the Authenticity of Authorship," by Andrew Mumford (The International History Review, 2024).
- "Column: How many ways can a political memoir backfire? Ask Kristi Noem," by Robin Abcarian (Los Angeles Times, 2024).
- "Notes from Prince Harry’s Ghostwriter," by J. R. Moehringer (The New Yorker, 2023).
- "Confessions of a Celebrity Ghostwriter," by Dina Gachman (Texas Monthly, 2022).

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54. Ghostwriters

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