"It boy" JT LeRoy's identity was revealed in New York magazine's October 2005 issue. His hard-hitting writing about his rough childhood had drawn icons and luminaries from all over the world to his books. It turned out that LeRoy wasn't real. A 40-year-old woman in San Francisco who likes to listen to punk music and do phone sex named Laura Albert came up with him.
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"It boy" JT LeRoy's identity was revealed in New York magazine's October 2005 issue. His hard-hitting writing about his rough childhood had drawn icons and luminaries from all over the world to his books. It turned out that LeRoy wasn't real. A 40-year-old woman in San Francisco who likes to listen to punk music and do phone sex named Laura Albert came up with him.
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