Could be. Page Six:
But we’re hearing buzz that Mark Salter, John McCain’s closest aide and speechwriter on the 2008 campaign, is the ghostwriter. Salter co-authored McCain’s biography, “Faith of My Fathers,” and continues to work as a speechwriter. His adjective-filled style is similar to the “O” author’s.
The book isn’t flattering to characters loosely based on Obama’s inner circle and other political figures. In a nod to Sarah Palin, “The Barracuda” is described as a “lusty librarian” with “thick hair piled up high, chin out, defiant, taunting, flaunting that whole lusty librarian thing, sweet and savory, mother and predator, alluring and dangerous.” O himself is suspected of having a split personality — “Good O and Bad O.”
When asked if Salter was the author, one former McCain aide told us, “I wouldn’t put it past him.” But Salter coyly responded, “I’ve been asked by the publisher, as apparently many other people have, not to comment. So, no comment.”