Lifting The Veil: The Secret Lives Of Ghostwriters

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0500

In her twenties, Amy Boesky lived a double life.

By day, she was a Harvard graduate studying English at Oxford. By night, she was a ghostwriter for the popular teen book series Sweet Valley High. Over the course of six years, Boesky wrote more than 50 books for the series under the pseudonym Kate William.

In a piece in The Kenyon Review, Boesky, who now teaches at Boston College, revealed her past.

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