Barry Napier – Ghostwriter

I'm a published author and ghostwriter. I've ghostwritten a wide variety of fiction over the last 15 years, from horror to Christian fiction and everything in between. I specialize in Middle Grade fiction and most types of suspense. I have worked with all types of clients, from stay-at-home parents to New York Times bestselling authors. I've ghost-written more than 50 novels in that time, as well as 15 of my own novels.

My own personal work has appeared in a Norton anthology and, in 2012, awarded me a contract with 47 North/Amazon when I won a contest comprised of more than 2,000 entrants. Many of the novels I have ghostwritten remain consistently in Amazon's Top 25 within their genres. In 2018, one of the Middle Grade projects I served as ghostwriter for was nominated for an AL Camellia Award. I have also ghostwritten short stories and even a mobile game script, which TIME magazine reviewed favorably. I have also created novelizations based on client screenplays.

In 2012, I won Amazon’s Write a Dead Man contest. My entry was selected by NY Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg out more than 2,000 entries, awarding me a contract with 47 North to write an installment of Amazon’s Dead Man series.

In 2014, my horror novel Nests was published by Severed Press, a small horror press. It was translated into German by another press, Luziver Verlag, whom I am also signed with, making me an international author.

My flash fiction story “Through Tiny Windows” was included in Norton’s Hint Fiction anthology in 2011 alongside names like Peter Straub and Joyce Carol Oates. The story was one of three selections that was featured on NPR to promote the book.

In 2015, I worked with a small mobile game start-up, developing and writing the script for a mobile game that riffs on Choose-Your-Adventure books. Marketed as “interactive fiction,” it is currently selling in consistent numbers for most mobile devices.

I was hired in 2016 as a creative consultant by Rabbit Publishers to improve their middle grade product. This resulted in a 6-book deal to work as co-writer on future books.

I have ghostwritten 51 novels for indie writers between 2012 - 2026. Thirteen of those novels are part of a series that have consistently been in the top 20 of their genres on Amazon while another, a middle grade project, has been nominated for several awards.

Always open to new avenues and ideas, I'm eager to try something new or to expand on existing ideas. Currently, as of August 2026, I am REALLY interested in working on middle grade projects, particularly spooky/horror or adventure, and Christian/missions oriented non-fiction.