It is a rare thing to be able to reference American Idol and ghostwriting in the same sentence, but here goes…

Seems the ghostwriter of American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino’s autobiography Fantasia: Life is Not a Fairy Tale is upset. Her name isn’t on the book. No one called her for input into that Lifetime Network show based on the book. You know the one - it’s the one no one saw. Karen Green wants some credit. She says:

“Nobody even called me to say ‘Do you have any insights? Do you want to tell us some anecdotes?’” she complained about the television movie. “I found it appalling that nobody thought, ‘Oh, we should call Kim Green.’” Green didn’t have to worry about authenticity of Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, which aired in August, as Fantasia herself was in the movie.

Clearly I am missing something here. Isn’t the whole point of ghostwriting that no one knows you’re the real author of the book? I’m thinking she knew that going in. It was one of those little facts that didn’t bother her when she took the check.

In other news about this book: Barrino’s father is suing the publisher. Apparently Barrino’s dad got a mention in the book and is not too happy about that. No one appears happy with this book. Kind of makes me happy I never read it.

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