What is Ghostwriter? Ghostwriter is an American television program created by Liz Nealon and produced by the Children’s Television Workshop and BBC One. It began airing on PBS on October 4, 1992, and the final episode aired on February 13, 1995. The series revolves around a close knit circle of friends from Brooklyn who solve neighborhood crimes and mysteries as a team of young detectives with the help of an invisible ghost. The ghost can communicate with the kids only by manipulating whatever text and letters he can find and using them to form words and sentences. The series was filmed on location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

The show starred Blaze Berdahl as Lenni:

After Ghostwriter ended, Blaze went on to work on such shows as “Aliens in the Family” and a one off appearance on “Third Watch”. She was also the voice of the Spice Girls on MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch “Death Bowl 2000”. Before appearing on Ghostwriter, Blaze also starred in Pet Cemetery as Ellie Creed and We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story as the voice of Buster.

David Lopez as Alex:

After appearing on Ghostwriter, David only had one role and that was a voice acting role in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Prior to his work on Ghostwriter, David also had a one time appearance as “Luis” on an episode of The Cosby Show.

Mayteana Morales as Gaby Fernández (1992–1994):

Mayteana played the original Gaby Fernández during the first few seasons. Ghostwriter is the only work that Mayteana is credited with on IMDB.com. According to her MySpace profile, she was part of the singing group, known as 7 & Counting and is now part of the funk group “The Pimps of Joytime”.

Melissa Gonzales as Gaby Fernández (1994–1995):

Melissa Gonzales played Gaby after Mayteana’s departure. Her only other work includes Light It Up and Doin’ It Right, a PBS special from 1998 about a group of Chicago kid actors.

Tram-Anh Tran as Tina Nguyen:

After her work on Ghostwriter, Tram-Anh Tran played High School Student #1 on One Life To live. According to IMDB, her most recent work was in 2004 on the show “Wild Card” on Lifetime. She graduated from Penn State University in 2001 with a major in Finance. While there, she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, like her Ghostwriter colleague, Blaze Berdahl.

Sheldon Turnipseed as Jamal Jenkins:

Sheldon is only credited with one other acting role and that was of “Benny” on “Mo’ Better Blues”. According to his Wikipedia page, his work on Ghostwriter earned the actor a 1993 Young Artist Award nomination for Outstanding Performers in a Children’s Program.

Todd Alexander as Rob Baker (1992–1993):

After leaving PBS, Todd worked on a few commercials but mainly focused on school and a personal life. He graduated from New York University in 2002. He is currently working behind the camera as a writer and director. He also starred as “Derrick” in 1989’s Lean on Me.

William Hernandez as Héctor Carrero (1993–1995):

After starring on Ghostwriter, William went on to star in a couple of roles, such as a gang member in “Evicted” and Officer Maloney in “The Narrow Gate”. He was also on the Philadelphia season of “The Real World”. According to the Real World’s Wikipedia page, William works part-time as a personal shopper.

Lateaka Vinson as Casey Austin (1994–1995):

Prior to joining Ghostwriter, Lateaka did voice work for Richard Scarry videos “Best Sing-Along Mother Goose Video Ever!”, “Best Busy People Video Ever!”, and “Best Learning Songs Video Ever!”. She is currently a graduate student at Hampton, studying speech pathology.

Marcella Lowery as CeCe Jenkins:

Prior to joining Ghostwriter, Marcella had a recurring role on The Cosby Show as Francine Tibideaux, the mother of Elvin Tibideaux and mother-in-law of Sondra Huxtable. She is most recently known for portraying Donovan McNabb’s mother in Campbell’s Chunky Soup commercials.