Production · from $11,400 · 16 to 24 weeks for a 70–100k manuscript
Confidential ghostwriting for memoirs, business books, founder narratives, and serious fiction.
Ghostwriting is book writing, but with confidentiality baked into the contract. Your writer signs an irrevocable non-attribution clause before they read your first interview. We deliver the manuscript; you own the book entirely, in perpetuity.
Book writing with a confidentiality wrapper. Same writers, same process, same rights ownership as our open book writing service — plus a mutual NDA before the first call, a permanent non-attribution clause on the writer side, and pricing that reflects the additional discretion we run on the project.
The writer cannot list your project in their portfolio. Cannot mention it on LinkedIn. Cannot tell a journalist they wrote it. Cannot, six years from now, hint at it on a podcast. The contract clause is permanent, survives the company, and gives us standing to sue on your behalf if it’s ever breached. In ten years of operations, we’ve never needed to. The clause is the deterrent.
Behind the scenes
Five shots from the studio — the kind of work that ends up on your project.
The work, in three tabs
Before the discovery call, before the writer match, before a single interview. Either we use yours or we use ours; in both cases, mutual.
The mutual NDA is signed before the call. We can talk about anything: the people in your story, the deal you cannot disclose, the version of yourself you want on the page.
Ghostwrote three books that founders later used to raise Series B or C rounds. Will not start a project without a real positioning session, because the wrong frame burns six months of writing.
Sample deliverables
How it works
Week 0
The mutual NDA is signed before the call. We can talk about anything: the people in your story, the deal you cannot disclose, the version of yourself you want on the page.
Weeks 1–2
We propose two writers by name. You pick one. They produce a 1,500-word voice sample from a real section of your outline. If the voice isn't right, we re-cast at no charge.
Weeks 2–8
Recorded interview sessions on a weekly or fortnightly cadence. Transcripts are stored in an encrypted shared folder only your team and your writer have access to.
Weeks 5–20
Interviews and drafting overlap. By the time interviews end, chapters one through six are usually in your hands for review.
Weeks 21–24
Two structural rounds, then a line edit by a second pair of eyes. Final manuscript delivered with the style guide and the confidentiality rider.
Pricing
No 'contact us for pricing.' If a tier here looks close to your project, the final quote on the discovery call will be within 15% either way.
Personal memoir up to 70k words for an audience of family, friends, and your professional network.
Founder book, executive book, or category-defining business memoir.
For high-profile memoirs where the discretion bar is highest and the manuscript will likely go through a publication legal read.
The lead, in full
They join the discovery call. They sign off every deliverable. They are not a sales rep.
Lead Ghostwriter, Business & Founder Books, 9 yrs
Ghostwrote three books that founders later used to raise Series B or C rounds. Will not start a project without a real positioning session, because the wrong frame burns six months of writing.
Case study
Studio
When we say no
We turn down work every week. Less stressful for everyone.
Ghostwriting services — FAQ
Yes, in the US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia and every other jurisdiction we operate in. Ghostwriting has been a legal, recognized profession since at least the 19th century. The transaction is: work-for-hire, you commission the work, the writer assigns all rights to you in writing. The book is your intellectual property the moment it's delivered.
No. Their contract with us includes a permanent non-attribution and confidentiality clause. Breach is grounds for personal liability — we have never had to enforce it, but the teeth are there. If you're a public figure or your industry is small, that clause matters.
About 40% of our ghost roster is founder or executive memoir, another 25% is high-profile professional memoir (doctors, lawyers, journalists), and the remainder is fiction or non-celebrity narrative. We're set up for sensitive engagements. Names of past clients are not on our website — that's the point.
Standard memoir territory. The legal protections are: composite characters, name changes, identifying-detail changes, and in some cases, a publication legal read. We can recommend a media-law attorney in your jurisdiction. We will tell you which sections worry us and why.
Yes. Acknowledgements, an "as told to," or even a co-author line — all on the table. The default is no credit, but the decision is yours. Many memoir authors include a thank-you in the acknowledgements; many business book authors don't. It's your call.
Three things. First, an NDA is signed before the call, not after the deposit. Second, the writer assignments are non-attribution by default. Third, the pricing reflects the additional discretion overhead (different rooms, different protocols, longer voice-capture). If you do not need confidentiality, book writing is the lower-cost engagement.
No. About 80% of our interviews happen on Zoom or Google Meet. We do offer in-person interviews in the Bay Area, New York, and London at our cost; outside those cities, your writer can fly out for an additional travel fee.
Yes, and we do, every month. If the brief is libellous, the story isn't yours to tell, the timeline is unrealistic, or we don't have the right writer on roster, we say no. We'd rather not take the work than take it and miss the brief.
Pairs with
Most projects use two to four services. We bundle on the discovery call.
Ready when you are
A 30-minute discovery call with a senior editor — no sales script, no pressure. We'll tell you whether we're the right fit for your project, what it would cost, and how long it would take.