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The Guardian - AU
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Liam Pieper

I didn’t get the credit for my bestselling book: the secret life of the celebrity ghost writer

Professional ghost-writer Liam Pieper, whose next novel Appreciation is out 12 March.
‘It’s all very discreet,’ says Liam Pieper of being a professional ghost writer. His latest novel, Appreciation, is out now. Photograph: Matt Collins

A few years back, a long-held dream of mine came true: a book I wrote became a runaway hit.

You’ve probably read the book. You’ve definitely seen the book. Four years since it was published, it’s still selling like Taylor Swift tickets. It’s still in airports, still displayed face out in bookshops. It pops up at Airbnb libraries, on friends’ bookshelves and in conversation when people tell me it changed their lives and ask me if I have read it.

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