query: occupation auguste maquet
supports: The Three Musketeers is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas ("père") completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with "The Three Musketeers." Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. A ghostwriter is a person who is hired to author books, manuscripts, screenplays, speeches, articles, blog posts, stories, reports, whitepapers, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, memoirs, magazine articles, or other written material. In music, ghostwriters are often used to write songs, lyrics and instrumental pieces. Screenplay authors can also use ghostwriters to either edit or rewrite their scripts to improve them. Alexandre Dumas (, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie ; 24 July 1802  5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, "père", was a French writer. His works have been translated into nearly 100 languages, and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including "The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Three Musketeers", "Twenty Years After", and "". His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century for nearly 200 films. Dumas' last novel, "The Knight of Sainte-Hermine," unfinished at his death, was completed by a scholar and published in 2005, becoming a bestseller. It was published in English in 2008 as "The Last Cavalier." Auguste Maquet ( French : ( oyst mak ) ; 13 September 1813 , Paris -- 8 January 1888 ) was a French author , best known as the chief collaborator of French novelist Alexandre Dumas , père , co-writing such works as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers .
candidates: author cavalier count ghostwriter writer
answer: writer