Executive Ghostwriter: The Authority Book That Earns You Bigger Opportunities
Books for founders, CEOs, and senior executives, built from interviews around your calendar.
113+ books under my own name you can read tonight. 54+ ghostwritten. One client’s book helped raise $30 million in venture capital.
What does an executive ghostwriter cost?
I interview you, write the book in your voice, and you own every word. The rate is $1 per word, paid in monthly advances. A nondisclosure agreement covers the engagement from the first conversation.
Pricing covers the interviews, the outline, the writing, and the revisions. No hidden fees. You own the manuscript, the copyright, and every right to it.
Want a shorter book at a lower price? AI-Assisted Books start at $15,000. It’s a different kind of offering: AI drafts the book from prompts I build out of your interviews, and I edit every page.
“He knows all the ins and outs of how to write a book, but more importantly, how to use a book. After working with him, I do know without a doubt that I would never write my own book again.”
Joe Rockey
Client and Leaders and Their Stories guest
Want to read your book before you commit?
The Book Discovery Intensive gives you ten hours of strategy, a full book plan, and a 2,000-word sample chapter in your voice. Go on to full ghostwriting within 60 days and the entire fee is credited toward your book.
What does an executive book do for your business?
An executive book is a credibility asset. The prospect walks into the meeting having read it and already understanding how you think. Speakers bureaus call, because a book makes you bookable. Boards consider you for advisory roles, because the book shows a perspective worth having in the room. Investors take the call, because a book on your subject says you’ve spent enough time on the territory to be worth their attention.
None of that happens by accident. The book has to be specific enough to show real expertise, well written enough to finish, and built around the audience whose attention you want. I spent 33 years in enterprise technology, 20 of them as Director of Computer Operations and Technical Services at Trader Joe’s, so I know the rooms you work in and the ones you’re trying to get into.
What have clients’ executive books achieved?
Real client outcomes. Identities protected where confidentiality requires it.
How does executive ghostwriting work?
Time is the binding constraint, so the work asks as little of your calendar as possible. You talk. The recording does the rest, in six phases.
Why this book
We define the book’s job: thought leadership, C-suite authority, board and advisory seats, speaking fees, a capital raise, or your legacy. That job shapes every chapter.
Discovery
Recorded interviews, an hour or two at a stretch, scheduled around your calendar, early mornings and evenings included. I capture your frameworks, your career-defining stories, and your executive voice.
Architecture
The transcripts become your thesis and a chapter outline: the argument sequence, the case studies and data, and the opening. You approve it before any drafting begins.
Creation
I write the chapters from the recordings. Your share is about 20% of the effort: the insights, the stories, and your review. Mine is the other 80%: the craft, the structure, and the polish.
Refinement
Chapters arrive one at a time. The voice gets calibrated across the first two or three, facts get checked, and nothing is final until you approve it.
Publish (optional)
Traditional submission, hybrid, or self-publishing with a launch plan. Publishing support is available as a separate package.
See the full 6-phase process →
Why the people at the top delegate this: Why the Smartest Executives Never Write Their Own Books.
A sample of my published work
Examples from the executive work: founder memoirs, CEO authority books, technology and cybersecurity titles, and sales and operations methodologies.
Who writes your book?
One writer, start to finish: 113+ books authored under my own name and 54+ ghostwritten, with clients across technology, finance, healthcare, and professional services, all under my published Ghostwriter Code of Conduct.
About Richard Lowe
Richard Lowe is a professional ghostwriter and bestselling author. He has authored 113+ books and ghostwritten 54+ more for executives, founders, coaches, and public figures. His clients have used their books to raise over $30 million in venture capital, land a TEDx invitation, and secure deals with traditional publishers. His own book How to Manage a Consulting Project was used as required reading in a course at Purdue University's Krannert School of Management.
His current lead book, The Ghostwriting Advantage, is the comprehensive guide to hiring a ghostwriter. He also authored the bestselling Focus on LinkedIn and the publishing-journey trilogy: Make a Living as a Self-Published Author, Publish Your Book, and Sell Your Books. He served as Technical Editor and Contributing Author on Cyberheist, the cybersecurity book by KnowBe4 founder Stu Sjouwerman. His ongoing series include Enemies of You (nonfiction cultural commentary) and the Victorian fiction series, contemporary reimaginings of classic Victorian science fiction by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.
Before becoming a full-time ghostwriter, Richard spent 33 years in enterprise technology, including 20 years as Director of Computer Operations at Trader Joe's, where he managed infrastructure across 400+ stores. He hosts three interview podcasts: Leaders and Their Stories, Author Talks, and Conversations With Influencers, and has appeared as a guest on 100+ podcasts including The Chris Voss Show.
Want to explore all my ghostwriting insights? Visit the Ultimate Ghostwriting hub.
Based in Clearwater, Florida, serving Tampa, St. Petersburg, Palm Harbor, Largo, Safety Harbor, Pinellas and Polk counties, all of Florida, and authors everywhere remotely.
What do executives worry about before hiring a ghostwriter?
The hesitations executives bring to this decision.
The practical questions
Time, cost, confidentiality, and publishing.
More questions? See the full Non-Fiction FAQ.
Go deeper
Everything on this site about hiring and working with a ghostwriter, from the process to the cost, is in one place: the Ghostwriting Hub →
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