Andrew Crofts is an author and ghostwriter who has published more than a hundred books, many of which have become international bestsellers. At one stage he had four books in the Sunday Times bestseller list simultaneously.
He has ghosted for a wide range of subjects, from heads of state to a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, a child bride in the Yemen, a bonded labourer in Pakistan and a refugee from South Sudan, plus winners of reality TV shows, pop stars, hairdressers, spies and sex workers.
He has published a number of novels, including On the Backs of Others, about the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of an idyllic English village, What Lies Around Us, about a crime family that gets into the White House, Secrets of the Italian Gardener, set in the palace of a Middle Eastern dictator during a revolution, and The Overnight Fame of Steffi McBride, about the perils of instant fame.
His books on writing include Confessions of a Ghostwriter, Ghostwriting, and The Freelance Writer’s Handbook, which has been reprinted eight times over twenty years.