Ghostwriters are the secret keepers of their clients. Sworn to secrecy and leading a life of anonymity, they allow their words to do the talking. In all possibilities, we might not even know the real person behind some of our favourite books.

It is not only celebrities who hire them. Today everyone ranging from entrepreneurs, doctors, and politicians to large MNCs and governments are hiring ghostwriters to write for them.

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Who are Ghostwriters?

“Ghostwriters are hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author. ” (Source: Wikipedia)

In simpler terms, ghostwriters are people who will write on behalf of another person.

Their writing varies from an article, a web copy, a newsletter, or a blogpost to a full-fledged book.

In addition to this,  the ghostwriting services are not limited to English.  One can now hire ghostwriters in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, and a multitude of other Indian languages.

Usually, ghostwriters are not credited with the work they do. Though sometimes, they are lucky to find themselves in the acknowledgments section of a book.

With no work to show as theirs, they usually rely on a lot of client referrals and testimonials. They have no claim over the royalties or the awards earned by the client for the work. One can only hope that with the changing tide, the ghostwriters also get their due credit in the industry soon.

List of Ghostwriters in India

1. Ghost Writing – BOUND (boundindia.com)

2. Ghostwriting: Ghost Writing Services in India, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata

3. Ghostwriter, Ghostwriting in Delhi, India, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata (suneet. in)

4. Top 10 Ghostwriting Freelancers in India | Best Ghostwriting Freelancers in India | Truelancer

5. Premium Ghostwriting Service – Hire Ghost Writing Service for your Book | Cheap Ghost Writer (24by7publishing.com)

6. Ghost Writing Company in India | Best Ghostwriters in India (inkerspress.com)

7. Ghost Writing Services | Ghostwriters in India For Hire (orange-publishers.com)

8. Ghostwriters in India | hire a ghostwriter | professional ghostwriter (power-publishers.com)

9. Ghostwriting services | Ghostwriting services Delhi | Ghostwriting services India (thewebgross.com)

10. Best eBook Writing Service India | Top ebook Writing Company (nichewritersindia.com)

11. Ghost Writing Services | Ghostwriting Services in India – Ebuzz Solution

12. Ghost Writing Services Agency in Delhi NCR – India | Scribblers India

13. Montavaya Consultants | Content Creation. Editing. Publishing – Content Writing Services

14. Rohan -ghostwriting | Hire Freelancer from India (toogit.com)

15. Keemiya Creatives

16. Geeta Sahai – geetasahai@gmail.com

17. Angshuman Bonnerjee is a journalist of over 43 years’ standing, and has worked in several leading newspaper and magazine groups—such as The Statesman, Hindustan Times, Dainik Bhaskar Group, Free Press Journal, CHIP (now Digit) magazine group, besides many others—as Editor, Senior Editor and News Editor. He has also been a Senior Member of the Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanal, Odisha.
    Angshuman, author of Looking for Reni (Amazon Publishers, 2020) has been a ghostwriter for many years and has ghostwritten several books/novels/biographies brought out by acclaimed publishers.
    Contact – bonnerjee57@gmail.com Blog – https://bonnerjee.wordpress.com/

18. Writers Guild of Hyderabad

19. About Ghostwriter in India

20. Professional Ghostwriting Services India | Ghost Writers | Write Right (write-right.in)

21. Screenplay writer | Ghost writers in India | Biography writers (pinakighosh.com)

22. Ghost Writing and Consultation, Ghost Writer, Ghost Writing, ghost writers in Delhi, India (contentholic.in)

23. Ghost Writing Services | Hire Professional Ghost Writers in India (bhaviksarkhedi.com)

24. R Sridhar is a former advertising and Direct Marketing professional. 25 years with Ogilvy India. Set up their 5th office in Bangalore and their Direct Marketing operations. Started IDEAS-RS and created a process called Creative Block Busting – to help clients think differently and do better. Author of “Unlock the Real Power of Ideation”. He writes regularly on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Medium. He loves doing research and is also good at editing and proofreading.
    Contact: writesridhar7@gmail.com
25. Bhavik Sarkhedi, a seasoned independent writer whose stories are published in The New York Times, Forbes US, YourStory, HuffPost, Elite Daily, Times of India, Entrepreneur US and more.
    Contact: bhavikwriteright@gmail.com

In addition, you may be able to find ghostwriters on platforms like Upwork and Fiverr.

If you are a ghostwriter in India and would like to be featured in this list, please reach out to us through the comments below this post.

How to Hire a Ghostwriter?

• Create notes on the topic of your choice to define it at length.
• List down your expectations from a ghostwriter.
• Share your topic with ghostwriters and ask for samples.
• Check credibility, and ask for references and/or testimonials from previous clients.
• Analyze the timelines and deliverables vis-à-vis your expectations as listed in point no. 2
• Always insist on an agreement
• Seal the deal.

To conclude

Hiring ghostwriters is not illegal or unethical. It is a way of outsourcing your work to someone who is proficient at it like any other services like website management, designing, marketing, etc.

You can read more about ghostwriting and how it works in our blog post where we decode the 10 Secrets of Ghostwriting in India.