Autobiographies are very popular in bookshops today. Often, they are ‘ghost-written’ by another writer, who interviews the subject of the book and writes up their words. This is similar to the process in this case, where Margery Kempe could not have written the text herself as she was illiterate. Instead, she relied on someone else, to whom she may have dictated her words. The manuscript was edited by four others after it was finished, largely to make corrections.