About Leo Hunter

About Me

I'm going to be as brief as possible in summarising my time as an author and ghostwriter since l first started to carve my way into the publishing world during the mid 1980's. That's when l first decided to change careers to enter the world of publishing as a naïve writer.

Naive as l was back then and well into the 1990's, l wrote a 90,000 word manuscript, then sent it off to publishers for consideration; but not entirely surprised it was said to have been rejected by them. However, as l was recruiting an agent (the late Giles Gordon) mid 1990's to then approach publishers on my behalf, l was literally shocked to find that many of my original ideas contained in that manuscript were being used in several television drama programs as their driving themes.

Partly encouraged by what the late Giles Gordon then told me, l then embarked on my university studies to gain an insight into and qualifications involving my main interest of crime causation as l continued to write and conduct research into writing and the publishing world. So l then gained my degree majoring in law and a diploma in criminology and social policy analysis.

It was from that point in time armed with my qualifications l entered the publishing world as an apolitical and independent author, focusing on crime causation applying my cutting edge forensic approach to analysis, although writing fiction and non-fiction. But from 2005 onward the world of non-fiction ghostwriting became increasingly irresistible as many victims of crime and unscrupulous professional practices etc approached me to undertake ghostwriting projects on their behalf.

As a ghostwriter, l never took, take or claim any credit for writing such manuscripts. Such non-disclosure is essential and forms the basis of all Ghostwriting Projects l undertake. But Ghostwriting had taken over full time and was rewarding in the context of job/career satisfaction. That's why there appears to be a long break in my career as an author since 2011. However, the 2020 pandemic created the time and circumstances for me to put my pen to paper again as an author, although l may now restrict my undertaking of Ghostwriting Projects to one such project per year.

Thank you all for all your past, present and future confidence in me as a ghostwriter and your support as an author.