Just Like Mary Poppins

Delighted with this charming take on ghostwriting published in the New Yorker, penned by L.A.-based writer Karen Rizzo. Thanks, Grandma, for cutting it out and mailing me the clipping in a card!

"...Being a ghostwriter is like being a full-time nanny employed by someone (the author) to raise their child (the book). I become part of the family-- an insider, someone my employer comes to trust and grow fond of. And then the kid grows up, and it's time for the parents to introduce their grown child to the world. With any luck, the world will tell them what a smart, funny, interesting, sympathetic person they raised. And me? I will be blown sideways to a new place, to raise another kid."