Standing at her client’s front door, Emma* rang the bell for the third time. Then she got out her mobile and dialled her number – straight to voicemail.

Fearing she’d made the two-hour journey on the wrong day or arrived at the wrong place, Emma then double checked her calendar and emails. Everything was correct. There was just one thing missing – the household name whose story she was being paid to ghostwrite.

‘It was annoying, but I’ve dealt with celebrities for years, so I know what they can be like. I just plastered on a smile and moved forward,’says Emma, who is going by a pseudonym.

Ghostwriters spend hours speaking to celebrities to find out all their secrets – and which will make it onto the pages – but it’s unlikely you’ll know who they are. If their names are revealed at all,

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