Frances Spatz Leighton | |
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| Born | Frances Ornstein September 4, 1919 Geauga County, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 6, 2007 (aged 87) |
| Known for | Writer, ghostwriter |
Frances Spatz Leighton (born Frances Ornstein; September 4, 1919 – April 6, 2007) was an American author, ghostwriter, and journalist. She ghostwrote several memoirs and accounts of Washington D. C. life, writing over 30 books, including My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House (1961) and My Life with Jacqueline Kennedy (1969). She was born in Ohio and attended Ohio State University, but did not graduate. Leighton soon moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a journalist for several publications, including The American Weekly. She ghostwrote her first memoir in 1957, of a chef for the President of the United States.