Illinois

Illinois' ghostwriting community centers largely on Chicago, a city with a strong independent publishing and media presence. Ghostwriters here often bring experience across both fiction and nonfiction, with a number specializing in business and leadership books given Chicago's prominence as a corporate hub.

The city's active literary and journalism scene also means many ghostwriters in the state have backgrounds that blend creative writing with more structured nonfiction work, a useful combination for authors whose projects sit between the two.