Hilary Liftin

Liftin is most notable for her ghost-writing and co-writing of celebrity memoirs and novels, including Tori Spelling's memoirs Stori Telling, Mommywood and Uncharted Territori and her children's book, Presenting... Tallulah. She has also worked on Miley Cyrus' memoir Miles To Go, and Teri Hatcher's Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies Of Life.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/hilary-liftin-reveals-secrets-of-a-celebrity-ghostwriter/|title=Hilary Liftin Reveals Secrets of a Celebrity Ghostwriter|last=Crocker|first=Lizzie|date=21 July 2015|work=The Daily Beast|accessdate=7 February 2025}}

Liftin worked in the book publishing industry for ten years before becoming a ghost/co-writer. Her first work, published on April 27, 1999 by Vintage Books, was co-written with her close friend and former college-roommate Kate Montgomery. Titled Dear Exile: The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean, the book is a collection of letters they wrote to one another over a year-long period, while Montgomery was on assignment in rural Kenya with the Peace Corps, and Hilary, in Manhattan, New York, first pursuing her career.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8350299-dear-exile |title=Dear Exile Book Details Hilary Liftin, Kate Montgomery. Retrieved 07 August 2010 |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-26}} Her second book, Candy and Me: A Love Story (2003, Free Press) is a memoir about her lifelong obsession with candy and other sweet things.{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/Candy-Love-Story-Hilary-Liftin/9780743245739 |title=Candy and Me Book Details AllBookstores. Retrieved 07 August 2010 |publisher=Allbookstores.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-26}}

Liftin's most recent work, Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/Movie-Star-Lizzie-Pepper-Hilary/9780670016419|title=Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper: A Novel|publisher=|accessdate=23 October 2016}} (2015, Viking), is the story of a young television actress who gets seduced by a Hollywood megastar and sucked into his religious cult. After a few years into their heavily chronicled marriage, she runs for her life, right onto Broadway. In a New York Times interview, Liftin said she "wrote the celebrity memoir of my fantasies."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/style/hilary-liftin-ghostwrote-a-book-for-miley-cyrus-and-others-now-its-her-time.html|title=Hilary Liftin Ghostwrote a Book for Miley Cyrus and Others. Now It's Her Time.|date=26 July 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Marikar|first=Sheila|accessdate=23 October 2016}}

Liftin graduated from Yale University with an English degree.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/15/style/weddings-celebrations-hilary-liftin-christopher-harris.html|title=WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Hilary Liftin, Christopher Harris|date=15 September 2002|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=7 February 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-hilary-liftin-20150809-story.html|title=Ghostwriter Hilary Liftin dishes on her first novel, 'Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper'|date=6 August 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Hamedy|first=Saba|accessdate=7 February 2025}} She is married to Christopher Harris, a television writer.

• Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery (as co-written) (1999) Dear Exile: The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a year) by an Ocean; Vintage Books
• Liftin, Hilary (2003) Candy and Me: A Love Story Free Press{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/897895.Candy_and_Me |title=Candy and Me Book Description GoodReads. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• Hatcher, Teri and Liftin, Hilary (co-written) (2006) Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life; Hyperion Books{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345919.Burnt_Toast |title=Burnt Toast Book Details GoodReads. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• Walsh, Peter (ghost written) It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff (2006) Free Press{{cite web|url=http://hilaryliftin.wordpress.com/recent-projects/ |title=Recent Collaborations Hilary Liftin Official Site Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Hilaryliftin.wordpress.com |date=2010-04-12 |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• Spelling, Tori and Liftin, Hilary (co-written) (2008) Stori Telling; Simon Spotlight Entertainment/Simon Schuster.{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/Stori-Telling-Hilary-Liftin-Tori/9781416950738 |title=Telling' Book Details AllBookstores. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Allbookstores.com |date=2008-03-11 |accessdate=2013-03-26}} Received 2009 Bravo A-List Award for Best Celebrity Autobiography.
• Walsh, Peter (Ghost-written) (2008) Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?: An Easy Plan for Losing Weight and Living More Free Press
• Cyrus, Miley and Liftin, Hilary (co-written) (2009) Miles To Go; Hyperion Books{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/Miles-Hilary-Liftin-Miley-Cyrus/9781423119920 |title=Miles To Go Book Details AllBookstores. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Allbookstores.com |date=2009-03-03 |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• Spelling, Tori and Liftin, Hilary (co-written) (2009) Mommywood Simon Spotlight Entertainment/Simon Schuster{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/Mommywood-Tori-Spelling-Hilary-Liftin/9781416599104 |title=Mommywood Book Details AllBookstores. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Allbookstores.com |date=2009-04-14 |accessdate=2013-03-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8079181-mommywood |title=Mommywood Book Description GoodReads. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• Phillips, Mackenzie and Liftin, Hilary (Co-written) (2009) High On Arrival. Simon Spotlight Entertainment/Simon Schuster{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/High-Arrival-MacKenzie-Phillips-Hilary/9781439153857 |title=High on Arrival Book Details AllBookstores. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Allbookstores.com |date=2009-09-23 |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• Walsh, Peter (Ghost-written) (2009) Enough Already: Clearing Mental Clutter to Become the Best You. Free Press
• Spelling, Tori and Liftin, Hilary (co-written) (2010) Unchartered Territori. Simon Spotlight Entertainment/Simon Schuster{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/Uncharted-TerriTORI-Tori-Spelling-Hilary/9781439187715 |title=Uncharted TerriTORI Book Details AllBookstores. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Allbookstores.com |date=2010-06-15 |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• Spelling, Tori and Liftin, Hilary (contributor ) (2010) Presenting...Tallulah; Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton; Aladdin{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7096014-presenting-tallulah |title=Presenting...Tallulah Book Details GoodReads. Retrieved 7 August 2010 |publisher=Goodreads.com |date= |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• O'Neal, Tatum and Liftin, Hilary (co-written) (2011) "Found: A Daughter's Journey Home"; William Morrow.{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/Found-Daughters-Journey-Home-Tatum/9780062066565 |title=AllBookstores. Retrieved 11 July 2011 |publisher=Allbookstores.com |date=2011-06-14 |accessdate=2013-03-26}}
• Liftin, Hilary (2015) "Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper"; Viking.{{cite web|url=http://www.allbookstores.com/Movie-Star-Lizzie-Pepper-Hilary/9780670016419 |title=AllBookstores. Retrieved 26 July 2015 |publisher=Allbookstores.com |date=2015-07-26 |accessdate=2015-07-26}}

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