4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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In this special bonus episode, Chelsea interviews ghostwriter to the stars Hilary Liftin on deadlines, divas, and why helping a celeb share their story is a bit like being a therapist.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to Celebrity Book Club. I'm your host, Chelsea Devantes, and this is a bonus episode. |
0:10.0 | We're going to play an interview for you that took place about three months ago over Zoom. |
0:16.0 | I had the chance to interview a celebrity ghostwriter. |
0:20.0 | And you guys, it was such a phenomenal conversation. I'm so excited we can finally share it. |
0:25.0 | And a huge shout out to Barbie Adler, my old coworker, we sold a show together, we wrote a show together. |
0:32.0 | She very kindly introduced me to her friend, this celebrity ghostwriter, when I launched this podcast. |
0:39.0 | And I'm just so grateful because I adore her. So let's hear from Hillary Lichten right now. |
0:48.0 | Thank you so much for joining us on Celebrity Book Club. |
0:52.0 | You guys, this is a very, very exciting guest. |
0:55.0 | And Hillary, I'm just going to read that your bio that I stole from your websites. |
1:00.0 | Okay, Hillary Lichten is a ghostwriter collaborator, specializing in celebrity memoir. |
1:07.0 | So you're the perfect guest for our podcast. |
1:10.0 | Since 2006, Hillary has worked on 15 books, 10 of which hit the New York Times bestseller list. |
1:18.0 | Storytelling by Tori Spelling was a number one New York Times nonfiction bestseller. |
1:23.0 | Wow, that is such a fun title to say. |
1:26.0 | Storytelling by Tori Spelling. |
1:29.0 | It stayed on the list for 19 weeks and won the 2009 Bravo A list award for best celebrity autobiography. |
1:36.0 | Miles To Go by Miley Cyrus was a number one New York Times children's bestseller. |
1:41.0 | Other best selling titles include High on Arrival by McKinsey Phillips. |
1:44.0 | And it's all too much by Peter Walsh. |
1:47.0 | We are reading High on Arrival in one more week. I'm going to start reading it. |
1:52.0 | I'm so excited. |
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