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- JT LeRoy wasn’t real. Never was. LeRoy’s three books were written by a writer and artist named Laura Albert, who developed JT’s persona while calling hotlines in her late 20s. Albert cast her 21-year-old sister-in-law Savannah Knoop as JT's real-life manifestation.
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Apr 25, 2019 · Never was. LeRoy’s three books were written by a writer and artist named Laura Albert, who developed JT’s persona while calling hotlines in her late 20s. Albert cast her 21-year-old...
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Apr 25, 2019 · Laura Dern and Kristin Stewart star in the real-life tale of a frustrated author who created a false identity that captivated the literary world.
Apr 26, 2019 · My only familiarity with the real-life story serving as the film’s foundation comes courtesy of Jeff Feuerzeig’s galvanizing 2016 documentary, “Author: The J.T. LeRoy Story,” which details the six-year-long scheme hatched by author Laura Albert to convince the world that her sister-in-law, Knoop, was the teenage boy secretly serving as ...
Mar 29, 2017 · Call it a massive literary hoax or twisted identity theft. Or just call it art. Either way, 'Author: The JT LeRoy Story' will fascinate and at the same time cause much frustrated...
Sep 15, 2016 · His rapturously received writing drew from his well-publicized backstory: Jeremiah “Terminator” LeRoy was the HIV-positive teenage son of a truck stop prostitute, but he emerged from the...
The story of JT LeRoy was the subject of a 2018 feature film based on Savannah Knoop's memoir. Directed by Justin Kelly, the film starred Laura Dern as Laura Albert and Kristen Stewart as Knoop.
May 15, 2019 · Actual author Laura Albert has come under scrutiny in two recent documentaries, but it’s the enigmatic public face of the headline-making hoax who’s the subject of JT LeRoy, opening Friday ...
