Date: April 25th, 2015 11:02 AM
Author: Curious principal's office
http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/%E2%80%9Cghostwriter%E2%80%9D-revisits-fort-greene-past/
"The show was taken off the air before the kids had the chance to solve their biggest mystery — who was Ghostwriter, anyway?
Producer and writer Kermit Frazier revealed Ghostwriter’s true identity in a recent interview.
“Ghostwriter was a runaway slave during the Civil War,” he said. “He was killed by slave catchers and their dogs as he was teaching other runaway slaves how to read in the woods. His soul was kept in the book and released once Jamal discovered the book.”
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2863470&forum_id=2#27756898)