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09/02/2006
Mystery of author JT LeRoy revealed
In the wake of the revelation that parts of James Frey's memoirs were
invented, another long-running literary hoax has been exposed with a central
figure in the case of the mysterious US author JT Leroy confirming that the
writer does not exist.
The books published under the LeRoy name were actually written by a
40-year-old woman San Francisco woman, Laura Albert.
Geoffrey Knoop, Albert's partner of the past 16 years, told The New York
Times that the whole situation "got to a level where I didn't expect."
"The jig is up," said Knoop, adding "I do want to apologize to people who
were hurt."
LeRoy, the supposed author of the biographical Sarah, was supposed to be a
HIV-positive former drug addict and ex-male prostitute.
LeRoy was fêted by the literary elites of New York and California as well as
celebrities including Bono, Tom Waits and Winona Ryder.
Novelist JT LeRoy may be fictional
Bibliofemme Reviews: Sarah by JT LeRoy
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