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A transcriber? How very dare you!

Recently I attended a short talk about ghostwriting that was part of a book industry event. One of the panellists, who ghosted fiction for celebs, was asked about writing non-fiction. “Oh,” she replied, “that doesn’t interest me – I just think of it as transcribing,...

Why I turned down the biggest ghostwriting project of my career

Just before Christmas last year, I was offered the chance to ghostwrite what was, and will be, an extraordinary book. A truly significant story that could well lead to a root and branch reform of at least two of the country’s major institutions. Without doubt, it...

The stories of the stories – Part One

I’m often asked to talk about ‘my’ books – my favourites, the best stories, the trickiest ones, etc. For obvious reasons, there are some I can’t talk about, but others are a good way of illustrating what I’ve been up to these past 18 years. Where possible, I mention...

The prolific author you’ve never heard of: Tom Henry talks ghostwriting

Recently, I met up with Sarski Anderson, the Culture Editor for the excellent Bristol 24/7 magazine. Sarski was interested to find out what made a ghostwriter tick (answer: madness and money) and so we met up in the impressive cafe at the Bristol Old Vic theatre for a...