Stranger Things Star Millie Bobby Brown has come under fire for her romance. Nineteen stepsafter working on a book with a ghost writer.
The novel was inspired by Brown’s grandmother’s experience of the Bethnal Green chimney disaster in 1943 and was written by Kathleen McGurl.
The book’s cover features only Brown’s name, prompting social media users to criticize Brown following the book’s release.
One X/Twitter user said: “You should be ashamed.
“Ghostwritten celebrity novels ruined children’s literature, and now they’re doing the same to adult literature.”
When Nineteen steps was published earlier this month, Brown posted a photo of herself standing next to McGurl on Instagram.
The caption reads, “I couldn’t do this without you!”
However, this has done little to silence her critics.
One person wrote on Instagram: “So these days you can be an author without having to write it yourself. What’s the point?”
Another said: “You mean she wrote it for you and you take the credit.”
Others rushed to the 19-year-old’s aid, noting that plenty of celebrities have been criticized in the past for using ghostwriters.
Media personality Zoella (real name Zoe Sugg) was criticized for doing the same thing with her memoir. Girl Online in 2014.
Katie Price and Naomi Campbell have also used ghostwriters to write fiction books published under their names.
And more recently, Prince Harry’s memoirs appeared: Sparewas written by J.R. Mehringer.
The book broke the record for the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time, selling 1.43 million copies on its first day.
One commenter wrote on Instagram: “This author is going to get paid a f*** ton more because Millie’s name is on it.
“Ghostwriting is not new, and by sharing this post, she is literally expressing gratitude to the author, whose name will also be in the book.
“The author will be very pleased, and Millie has provided all the history and all the research on her family. It’s seriously time for everyone to get off the horse.”
In a March blog post, McGurl said she was sent “a lot of research that Millie and her family had already done and a lot of ideas.”
McGurl then interviewed Brown several times via Zoom before she wrote the first draft, she said.
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