Book ghostwriting services, written in your voice

Interviews and the chapter plan are there to catch that before writing starts. If chapter 1 still misses your voice, tell your writer in writing and they rewrite it during drafting, at no extra cost. If a full rewrite still sounds wrong, you can use the writer reassignment clause in your contract. The new writer gets every recording and the chapter plan, so you don't start over or pay twice.

No. Your contract bans AI-written drafting, dialogue and scenes, and a human writer writes every word. AI is used only to transcribe your interview recordings and for routine grammar checks on prose a person has written. This matters for ownership: as of October 2026, the US Copyright Office registers only material created by a human author, so a human-written manuscript protects your copyright.

Yes. The off-ramp clause in every AuthorWings ghostwriting contract sets out your exit terms. You receive all written chapters, your interview recordings and transcripts, and the chapter plan. Any refund depends on the stage you have reached, because your writer has been paid for finished work. The clause is agreed before work starts, so the answer is on paper before you ever need it.

Yes, and it is a common starting point. Your writer reads what you have before the chapter plan, then either continues it in the same voice or restructures it if the early chapters don't support the rest. The price is set by the final length of the manuscript, not the words left to write, because your existing pages still need editing and work to match the voice.

Yes. Business leaders, public figures and first-time authors all work with ghostwriters, and the standard is the same for each. When the rights are assigned to you in writing, the book is yours to publish under your name. Many well-known books are written with a professional collaborator, as the examples above show. Some authors credit their writer, and many don't.

In general, no. Memoirs, business books, self-help and fiction are routinely published under the author's name alone. Academic publishing is the main exception, where ghostwriting is usually not allowed. Some authors choose to credit a collaborator, for example “with [name]” on the cover. That is your choice, and we support either decision. If your publisher or employer has its own rules, follow those.

Yes. AuthorWings and your writer sign the NDA before work starts. It covers your manuscript, your name, your subject and the fact that we are working together, and it stays in force after the project ends. Only your writer and the team working on your book can open your files. Your project never appears in our portfolio or marketing without your written permission.

Yes, within our writer pool. Many authors ask for a US-based writer, a UK writer for British English, or a writer who knows a field such as medicine, law, the military or faith. Tell us on your call. If we don't have a good match, we say so on the call rather than promise and hope.

A clean Word file is the default, with a PDF to read. If you need another format, such as Google Docs or Scrivener, tell us at the start and your writer delivers in it. Every book includes your files with every version kept, which shows how the book was written if a publisher or agent ever asks.

Ghostwriting at AuthorWings is priced per word by genre: 33¢ for fiction, 55¢ for nonfiction and 68¢ for memoir, from 20,000 words. That is $6,600 for a 20,000-word novel, $27,500 for a 50,000-word business book and $61,200 for a 90,000-word memoir. Every book includes interviews, rounds of changes and all four editing levels, and every word is written by a human writer, so the price covers a finished manuscript.

We agree the length before writing starts, and price it at your genre's rate. The length is a guide, not a target, and we never pad a book to reach it. If the story needs more words, they are added at the same per-word rate, confirmed with you in writing before the extra writing starts. A novel agreed at 50,000 words that grows to 60,000 costs $19,800 at 33¢ a word, instead of $16,500.

Yes, and many authors come back for a second book with the same writer. The voice work is already done and you already know how to work together, so the second book often moves faster. We keep a record of writer and author pairings and ask for the same writer first. Book two is priced at the same per-word rate for its genre.

Plan on a free 30-minute call, then the interviews your book needs, up to 10 hours depending on length. After that, you read each batch of chapters as it arrives and send notes. You are not writing, but you are steering, and the more time you give to interviews and reading, the more the book sounds like you.

A book writer for hire delivers a draft from your interviews and outline, and the job ends there. Full manuscript development goes further: a chapter plan, interviews, writing, editing, and the rights transfer in your contract. Every AuthorWings book is full development, because an unedited draft is not ready to publish. That includes all four editing levels, from 20,000-word guides to full-length memoirs, non-fiction and novels.

You do, in full. Your writer signs a written assignment of all rights to you, including film, audio and translated editions, and 100% of the rights transfer to you on final payment. AuthorWings keeps no claim, no royalty and no credit. If we publish the book for you, every store account is set up in your name and 100% of your royalties are paid to you.

Every book includes a free call, interviews so your writer learns how you speak, a chapter plan you approve before writing starts, the full manuscript written by a human, rounds of changes for your book's length, all four editing levels, a project manager, a legal check of your outline, and 100% of the rights transferred to you on final payment. There are no tiers to choose from: the price follows your genre and word count, and the writers are the same at every length.

We won't be your lowest quote, and we would rather say so here than on a call. Cheap and affordable are different things. A low quote that leaves out editing often turns into a second bill once the manuscript has to be made ready to publish. A 20,000-word book from $6,600 is a complete manuscript, written by a person, edited at all four levels, and handed over with every right in your name.

None. The one-word spelling is standard in publishing contracts and style guides, and the two-word version is what many people type into a search bar. Both mean the same job: a professional writer producing a book published under someone else's name. If you have been comparing ghost writers for hire and getting mixed results, the spelling is why.

An agency, and a deliberately small one. That matters for two reasons. Hiring a ghost writer directly means relying on one person's calendar, so if they fall ill or take a bigger job, your book waits. An agency has a pool of writers, which is what makes the reassignment clause in your contract work. And we don't rotate writers mid-project to save money: your writer stays from plan to final manuscript.

Many people asking this want a real person they can reach and hold to account. Distance doesn't decide that. The work runs on video calls and email, so choose a writer for what they have written, not where they live. What protects you is a written contract, a written rights transfer and a company behind the writer. AuthorWings is registered in New York and based in Brooklyn.

Flexible, milestone-based payments, set out in your agreement before work starts. Your schedule is agreed after your call and written into your contract, with each payment tied to a stage of the work. We don't publish a payment schedule, because every book and budget is different. Your written quote, sent within 48 hours of your call, shows the full price before you commit.