When An ‘Author’ Needs A Writer

“Midwives, collaborators, co-authors, co-writers, writers-for-hire, book doctors, ghosts–call them what you will–give aid and adjectives to athletes, politicians, movie stars, moguls, miscreants and the briefly famous who are asked to tell their stories and don’t know how.” Which doesn’t mean, of course, that the writing pro will get credit for the work.