Check out this article in The Atlantic about ghostwriting and books, such as The Hardy Boys, The Nancy Drew Mysteries, and other series written by ghostwriters. The "packagers" as they are called pull together the initial drafts of ghostwriters and funnel them through a system of editors and intermediaries with a short turn-around, so they can still produce 2-3 books a year under the pseudonyms, Dixon and Keene.
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