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Ghost Stories with Nancy French

Longtime ghostwriter Nancy French tells her own tale in Ghosted: An American Life.  French was raised in rural Tennessee and would later provide the words behind famous talking heads but found her own…
John Murdock
John Murdock
May 6, 2024

Longtime ghostwriter Nancy French tells her own tale in Ghosted: An American Life.  French was raised in rural Tennessee and would later provide the words behind famous talking heads but found her own enchanting voice amid political and personal tumult.   

Highlights

1:15                Mud pies for Parisians

6:00                Hillbillies on the run

9:30                Romney/Palin ‘08

11:00              Prison break with the Kardashians

13:30              Pulling political punches

20:00              Google University School of Journalism

27:30              French Holy Ghost revival

31:30              Befriending a critic

38:00              Laker girl

39:30              Trusting God with cancer

42:00              Back on the case

Resources

Nancy’s website and buy the book

John’s review

Wendell Kimbrough helps us find our way home

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John Murdock

John Murdock

John Murdock is an attorney and globetrotting localist who worked for over a decade in Washington, D.C.; left the Capital Beltway to write from a family farmhouse deep in the heart of the Lone Star state; taught law in South Korea; and then rode the housing waves of Boise. In 2023, John left the crisp dry air of Idaho and returned to the stifling humidity of his native east Texas. His writing is catalogued at johnmurdock.org.