List of Ghostwriters

This article is written from a Real World point of view.

This is a list of the authors who are known to have ghostwritten certain Animorphs books. K.A. Applegate would outline a story, and they would write the actual book. After this, K.A. would then edit and approve the book for publishing.

• Jeffrey Zeuhlke: 25, 35 (2)
• Laura Battyanyi-Wiess: 27, 31, 39 (3)
• Amy Garvey: 28 (1)
• Melinda Metz: 29, 34 (2)
• Elise Donner: 30, 46 (2)
• Ellen Geroux: 33, 41, 43, 45, 47 (5)
• Erica Bobone: 36 (1)
• Elise Smith: 37 (1)
• Kimberly Morris: 38, 48, 50, 52 (4)
• Gina Cascone: 40 (1)
• Emily Costello: 42, Alternamorphs 2 (2)
• Lisa Harkrader: 44, 49, 51 (3)
• Tonya Alicia Martin: Alternamorphs 1 (1)

Trivia

• According to Michael Grant, the ghostwriters were paid $10,000 (in 1999-2001 USD) per book; the market rate for ghostwriters at the time was $5,000, which he and Katherine Applegate doubled as they used to be ghostwriters themselves.