I am an author who pens entire books for famous celebrities, yet my name never appears on the cover. I sound like a phantom taking literary notes! What am I?
A ghostwriter
A person who writes books or speeches credited to someone else is officially called a ghostwriter. The term combines 'ghost' (a spectral phantom) with 'writer,' playing on the idea that this author remains invisible and uncredited like a spirit.
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