verbWord forms: -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written
to write (an autobiographical or other article) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author
Often shortened to: ghost
Derived forms
ghostwriter (ˈghostˌwriter)
noun
Examples of 'ghostwritten' in a sentence
ghostwritten
A more interesting stocking filler than most tell-nothing, ghostwritten autobiographies.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But then it emerged the book was ghostwritten, which sparked a social media storm.
The Sun (2014)
In fact almost everything with his face on the cover is ghostwritten and of varying quality.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But is there a future for literary biography when the bestseller list is dominated by ghostwritten celebrity memoirs?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Thus proving that the gene for 'having a book ghostwritten for you' is directly transmutable down the matriarchalline.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This single, tantalising insight makes one ache for the novelist's perceptiveness in this uninspiring, ghostwritten memoir.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
All related terms of 'ghostwritten'
ghostwrite
to write (an autobiographical or other article ) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author
ghost-write
If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written , it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman , who then publishes it as his or her own work.
ghostwriter
a person who writes books, articles , etc. for another who professes to be the author
ghostwriting
to write (an autobiographical or other article) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author
ghostwrote
to write (an autobiographical or other article ) on behalf of a person who is then credited as author