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1997–present. Laura Victoria Albert (born November 2, 1965) is an American author who invented the literary persona JT LeRoy, whom Albert described as an " avatar ." [1] She published various works of purportedly autobiographical fiction under the LeRoy name before being revealed as the true author. Albert has also used the aliases Emily ...
- Fiction
- 1997–present
- Author
- Laura Victoria Albert, November 2, 1965 (age 57), New York City, U.S.
Oct 11, 2012 · Laura Albert is the author of the novels Sarah, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, and Harold's End, as well as the novella and the film adaptation of her novel JT LeRoy. She is also a transgender activist, a filmmaker, a musician, a fashion editor, and a collaborator with various artists and causes. Learn more about her life, work, and activism on this web page.
Aug 20, 2018 · The author of all JT Leroy’s published works, the person who answered his phone and the brains behind “JT LeRoy” was Knoop’s sister-in-law, Laura Albert: a middle-class Brooklynite, 15 years...
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Jul 10, 2013 · Laura Albert is a musician, writer, and former JT LeRoy, the invented persona of a former West Virginia truck-stop prostitute who became a cult figure in the literary world. She talks about her life, her work, and the controversies that surrounded her in this interview with Adam Langer.
Aug 12, 2021 · The Persona is Political: Laura Albert Interviewed. On the new audiobook recordings that bring JT LeRoy to life. August 12, 2021. When Laura Albert revealed JT LeRoy as her literary persona, some readers took it as a punch to the gut, a dupe. Yet for many of her devoted fans, she is a literary hero.
Aug 1, 2016 · Aug. 1, 2016. In a new documentary, ‘Author: The JT LeRoy Story,’ Laura Albert, who posed as a teenage male-prostitute-turned-novelist in the late ’90s, finally tells her side of the story....
Apr 25, 2019 · As emerged in late 2005, LeRoy’s books were in fact the work of a middle-aged US author named Laura Albert - who was not HIV positive, transgender, or a sex worker.
