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July 22, 2016
The ghostwriters who wrote books with Donald Trump have made headlines of their own this week. First, Tony Schwartz, who worked with Trump on his best-selling autobiography, “The Art of the Deal,” confessed to the New Yorker that much of the book was fictionalized — and that the real-estate mogul barely read the book, let alone wrote it, as he’s boasted.
And then it was Meredith McIver’s turn in the spotlight. She’s the writer who helped with several Trump books, and this week she took the blame for the lines in Melania Trump’s Republican National Convention address that were lifted from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama.
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Whatever the terms, writers say, their job is to minimize their involvement. And, some say, the “principal” might actually believe that they did write the book, no matter how many words they actually put to paper. “You often have people who are used to being in charge of a brand, so they believe that whatever is done on their behalf is something they legitimately can take credit for,” said one publishing industry source.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...broke-the-genres-code/?utm_term=.c7865e2eebc2
July 18, 2016
Donald J. Trump has regularly boasted about “The Art of the Deal,” his best-selling autobiography, as a business bible that demonstrates the sharp negotiating prowess he would bring to the presidency. The book, released in 1987, details his rise to the top of New York’s real estate world; it helped spawn his career as a reality television star and cemented his image as a winner with a golden touch.
But Tony Schwartz, the book’s ghostwriter, who spent 18 months in the 1980s interviewing and shadowing Mr. Trump, says that it is really a work of fiction.
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“I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is,” Mr. Schwartz said. “I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes, there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/trump-book-tony-schwartz.html
The ghostwriters who wrote books with Donald Trump have made headlines of their own this week. First, Tony Schwartz, who worked with Trump on his best-selling autobiography, “The Art of the Deal,” confessed to the New Yorker that much of the book was fictionalized — and that the real-estate mogul barely read the book, let alone wrote it, as he’s boasted.
And then it was Meredith McIver’s turn in the spotlight. She’s the writer who helped with several Trump books, and this week she took the blame for the lines in Melania Trump’s Republican National Convention address that were lifted from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama.
. . . .
Whatever the terms, writers say, their job is to minimize their involvement. And, some say, the “principal” might actually believe that they did write the book, no matter how many words they actually put to paper. “You often have people who are used to being in charge of a brand, so they believe that whatever is done on their behalf is something they legitimately can take credit for,” said one publishing industry source.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...broke-the-genres-code/?utm_term=.c7865e2eebc2
July 18, 2016
Donald J. Trump has regularly boasted about “The Art of the Deal,” his best-selling autobiography, as a business bible that demonstrates the sharp negotiating prowess he would bring to the presidency. The book, released in 1987, details his rise to the top of New York’s real estate world; it helped spawn his career as a reality television star and cemented his image as a winner with a golden touch.
But Tony Schwartz, the book’s ghostwriter, who spent 18 months in the 1980s interviewing and shadowing Mr. Trump, says that it is really a work of fiction.
. . . .
“I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is,” Mr. Schwartz said. “I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes, there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/trump-book-tony-schwartz.html
