The Overnight Fame of Steffi McBride (EPUB) von A.J. Crofts

When Steffi McBride is plucked from obscurity and lands a starring role in the country's most popular soap opera, it seems as if all of her dreams have come true. Little does she realise the far-reaching effects her new found fame will have Steffi's life changes beyond recognition when she gets her lucky break. The whole country fall in love with her, including the gorgeous pop star she had a crush on throughout her teenage years. For the up-and-coming star, it seems as if life just could not get any better. But someone out there has in their possession a secret about Steffi's past and heartless media revelations blow aprt everything she never believed to be true about her family and about herself.

Andrew Crofts is a ghostwriter and author who has published more than eighty books, a dozen of which were Sunday Times number one bestsellers. He has also guided a number of international clients successfully through the minefield of independent publishing.

Andrew's name first became known amongst publishers for the stories he brought them by the otherwise disenfranchised. Travelling all over the world he worked with victims of enforced marriages in North Africa and the Middle East, sex workers in the Far East, orphans in war-torn areas like Croatia and dictatorships like Romania, victims of crimes and abused children everywhere. He also worked with members of the criminal fraternity.

The enormous success of these books brought many very different people to his door; first came the celebrities from the worlds of film, music, television and sport, and then the real elite in the form of world leaders and the mysterious, powerful people who finance them, arm them and, in some cases, control them.

As well as using traditional publishers to reach readers he has also experimented with e-books, publishing, "Secrets of the Italian Gardener", a novella which draws on his experience amongst the powerful and wealthy, and "The Fabulous Dreams of Maggie de Beer",(a prequel to his traditionally published "The Overnight Fame of Steffi McBride", now filmed and appearing in episodes on YouTube's This is Drama channel).

His books on writing include "Ghostwriting", (A&C Black) and "The Freelance Writer's Handbook", (Piatkus), which has been reprinted eight times over twenty years.

Throughout his bestseller, "The Ghost", Robert Harris quotes Andrew's seminal book, "Ghostwriting". Harris's book went on to become a major movie by the same name, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Ewan McGregor as the eponymous ghost. The opening lines in Robert Harris's book sum up Andrew's philosophy:

"Of all the advantages ghosting offers, one of the greatest must be the opportunity that you get to meet people of interest".