‘Does it really matter who wrote it?’: the rise of ghostwritten celebrity fiction | Books | The Guardian

But what about literature's latest trend: the celebrity novel? Do the rules that apply to the celebrity memoir remain the same when it comes to celebrity-authored fiction that has been ghostwritten? After all, a memoir is a collection of tales that clearly belong to a specific person - who they are written down by doesn't matter so much, as long as the experiences themselves are real. But isn't there a difference between a ghostwritten memoir and a ghostwritten novel?

There have always been famous people who have written fiction, but the early 2020s has seen a trickle turn into a flood. From Richard Osman to Anton Du Beke, via Tom Hanks and Ethan Hawke to Shirley Ballas, it seems there is no celebrity who will turn down the chance to write a novel for adults. The children's books world is also rife with celebrity authors, including Alesha Dixon, Jamie Oliver and Coleen Rooney.