The Principal Author

The Principal Author

By Akiel Barton
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Length9h 25m

About this audiobook

The best book of her career was published under someone else’s name. She writes the words. Someone else takes the bow. Nora Voss has built a career out of brilliant invisibility. As Communications Director for lifestyle empire Welles & Co., she’s the ghost behind every perfectly crafted press release, every crisis-averting talking point, every sentence that makes her boss sound like a genius. She is exceptional at this. No one will ever know. When CEO Petra Welles hands her a contract, an NDA, and a number that makes ethics feel negotiable, Nora agrees to ghostwrite Petra’s memoir. What she produces is the best writing of her life—luminous, precise, devastating. The kind of book that earns rapturous reviews, a bestseller position, and a shortlisting for a major literary prize. Nora is there for every standing ovation. Three feet back. Earpiece in. Smiling.

Audiobook details

GenreHumor
Length9 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 18, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Dedication
16Chapter 14: Diane
2Acknowledgments
17Chapter 15: Los Angeles
3Chapter 1: Ghost Protocol
18Chapter 16: The Meridian Announcement
4Chapter 2: Source Material
19Chapter 17: Sydney
5Chapter 3: First Draft
20Chapter 18: The Confession Structure
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6Chapter 4: Acknowledgments
21Chapter 19: The Piece
7Chapter 5: Launch Sequence
22Chapter 20: Edinburgh Again (The Prize Shortlist Ceremony)
8Chapter 6: The Shortlist
23Chapter 21: What Nora Wrote
9Chapter 7: Edinburgh, Week One
24Chapter 22: Before the Prize
10Chapter 8: London, The Second Week
25Chapter 23: Prize Night
11Chapter 9: Toronto
26Chapter 24: The Aftermath
12Chapter 10: The Isobel Problem
27Chapter 25: The Principal Author
13Chapter 11: New York
28Character Guide
14Chapter 12: What Callum Knows
29References & Bibliography
15Chapter 13: Chicago
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