Authors Who Write from the Grave and the Readers Who Love Them
Death doesn't always mean the end of a writing career. There are quite a few dead authors who get books published every day. The books are written (most of the time really badly) by a live author (usually unknown), who is contracted to imitate the style of the dead author, whose name appears prominently on the cover of the book. Robert Ludlum is one author whose death hasn't slowed down his output. In a first, Ludlum's Bourne books (Supremacy, etc.) will continue to be written by a bestselling writer in his own right, Erick von Lustbader. This article suggests the ghosted books should be written by better writers. I say publishers should ignore the dancing dollar signs and have a little respect -- put dead writers to rest already.