The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99825   Message #1996751
Posted By: katlaughing
14-Mar-07 - 03:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: Novel by a dead woman
Subject: RE: BS: Novel by a dead woman
If you published it with your name on it, that might be less ethicial, but I know of people who do that all of the time. It's called ghost writing.

It is my understanding that ghost writers are contracted and thus are not doing anything unethical. In fact, ghost writers usually do not put their name to what they write under contract as such; the person whom they are writing for usually has their name down as "author."