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Type of literary forgery
A fake memoir is a type of literary forgery in which a wholly or partially fabricated autobiography, memoir or journal of an individual is presented as
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A fake memoir is a book that was published with the assertion that the events depicted are substantially true, but are later discovered or strongly asserted
List of fake memoirs and journals
List_of_fake_memoirs_and_journals
Widespread deliberate fabrication presented as truth
redirect targets, an article about hoaxes on Wikipedia. Fake memoir – Type of literary forgery Fake news website – Website that deliberately publishes hoaxes
Hoax
Type of autobiographical or biographical writing
of Fellows of the Royal Society, scientists worldwide Diary Fake memoirs Graphic memoir Histoire de ma vie Last will and testament List of autobiographies
Memoir
American writer (born 1975)
for writing a fake memoir about growing up in South Central Los Angeles in February 2008. The book, entitled Love and Consequences: A Memoir of Hope and
Margaret_Seltzer
Form of fictionalized autobiography
Zorn Autobiografiction Autobiographical novel Biography in literature Fake memoir I-novel Misery literature Non-fiction novel Roman à clef Plimpton, George
Autofiction
1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber
multiple identities. Sybil attack Chris Costner Sizemore Misery literature Fake memoir False memories Nathan, Debbie (2011). Sybil Exposed. New York: Free Press
Sybil_(Schreiber_book)
2025 film
The Big Fake (Italian: Il falsario, lit. 'The forger') is a 2025 Italian crime drama film directed by Stefano Lodovichi and starring Pietro Castellitto
The_Big_Fake
2023 film by Cord Jefferson
his mother and resenting Sintara's success, Monk writes My Pafology, a fake memoir novel mocking the literary stereotypes expected from Black writers: melodramatic
American_Fiction_(film)
Literature depicting suffering
Crispin pointed out that Mallory's literary career, too, began with a fake memoir. While studying at Oxford, he wrote an essay falsely describing his mother's
Misery_literature
2003 novel by James Frey
on earth would believe a word. As a former addict, I found this fake redemption memoir to be morally repugnant." In October 2017, it was announced that
A_Million_Little_Pieces
Italian-Moldovan author (born 1980)
Italy, though a number of journalists and historians have labelled it a fake memoir. Similar criticisms were directed at its sequel, Free Fall, which recounts
Nicolai_Lilin
Author of a fraudulent Holocaust memoir
Admitted Faking Her Holocaust Memoir: The long, strange history of made-up Shoah stories". Flood, Alison (12 May 2014). "Author of fake Holocaust memoir ordered
Misha_Defonseca
1971 novel by Beatrice Sparks
girl, over time the book has come to be regarded by researchers as a fake memoir written by Beatrice Sparks, possibly with the help of one or more co-authors
Go_Ask_Alice
American writer (born 1969)
One (2017) Fugitive Six (2018) Return To Zero (2019) Misery literature Fake memoir Anthony Godby Johnson Dave Pelzer Dolnick, Sam (June 8, 2025). "Oprah
James_Frey
Discredited book about recovered memory psychotherapy
and ritual abuse in the 1980s. Laurel Rose Willson Misery literature Fake memoir Repressed memories Mike Warnke Witch hunt Victor, Jeffrey S. (1993).
Michelle_Remembers
2008 action comedy film by Ben Stiller
application. Nick Nolte as Four Leaf Tayback: The author of Tropic Thunder, a fake memoir of his war experiences on which the film-within-a-film is based. He suggests
Tropic_Thunder
1965 novel by Jerzy Kosinski
the Painted Bird. Novels portal Poland portal Anti-Polish sentiment Fake memoir Misery literature Rescue of Jews by Poles during the Holocaust Elaine
The_Painted_Bird
1973 film by Orson Welles
F for Fake (French: Vérités et mensonges, "Truths and lies") is a 1973 docudrama film co-written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles who worked on
F_for_Fake
Book by Beatrice Sparks
has plans to continue developing the project for other performances. Fake memoir Misery literature Satanic Panic "Mute Evidence", Kagan & Summer U.S.
Jay's_Journal
Literary persona adopted by writer Laura Albert
Cult of JT LeRoy (2015) directed by Marjorie Sturm. Misery literature Fake memoir James Frey Dave Pelzer Anthony Godby Johnson Beatrice Sparks What to
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treasure, but thought to be hoaxes by some researchers Confidence trick Fake memoir Fool's errand, a type of practical joke where a newcomer to a group,
List_of_hoaxes
2000 novel by JT LeRoy
Corgan for the novel's 2016 reissue by HarperCollins. Misery literature Fake memoir Novels portal Jasmin Lim (November 24, 2010). "Laura Albert at The Moth
Sarah_(LeRoy_novel)
American writer (1960–2020)
(2007) "¿Quién se hubiera imaginado que Desi Arnaz no era blanco?" (2007) Fake memoir List of impostors Literary forgery Racial misrepresentation Jessica Krug
H._G._Carrillo
American legal academic (born 1954)
the following weeks. In 2023, he authored "The Comfort Women Hoax: A Fake Memoir, North Korean Spies, and Hit Squads in the Academic Swamp" . In 2024
J._Mark_Ramseyer
List of people acting under false identity
Alan Bond, who was later imprisoned for fraud. Catfishing Charlatan Fake memoir Famous Impostors – 1910 book by Bram Stoker Miriam Coles Harris Misery
List_of_impostors
Talk show segment of books chosen by Oprah Winfrey
market forces, and mass media rather than elite institutions alone. Fake memoir scandals are according to Miller revealing because many achieved enormous
Oprah's_Book_Club
1976 novel by Forrest Carter
in Carter's attitudes between the period from politician to writer. Fake memoir "The Education of Little Tree". Goodreads. Randall, Dave (September 1
The_Education_of_Little_Tree
Art form or criminal act
involved scam victims believing they were communicating with celebrities. Fake memoir Impressionist Look-alike Personation Police impersonation Shi (personator)
Impersonator
American writer and hoaxer (1917–2012)
Foster Care (2005) The Kalamity Kids (video) (1991) Misery literature Fake memoir JT LeRoy Clark, Jonathan Russell Clark (5 July 2022). "Go Ask Alice Is
Beatrice_Sparks
2003 novel by Norma Khouri
but that Khouri had committed a number of scams even before the book. Fake memoir Misery literature Knox, Malcolm (24 July 2004). "Bestseller's lies exposed"
Forbidden_Love_(novel)
Anne McLean - book review: 'A struggle between nostalgia and irony in a fake memoir'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18. Retrieved
Never_Any_End_to_Paris
Municipality in Transnistria, Moldova
1980), Italian-Moldovan writer famous for writing Siberian Education, a fake memoir which narrated his youth in Bender Iulia Buciuceanu [ro] (1931–2022)
Bender,_Moldova
2022 memoir by Javier Zamora
Solito: A Memoir is a memoir by Javier Zamora, published on September 6, 2022, by Hogarth Press. The memoir tells a story of a nine-year-old boy on his
Solito:_A_Memoir
American author and nephew of Donald Trump (born 1962)
allegations against his uncle in his 2024 memoir, All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way. In his memoir, Trump wrote that his uncle, Donald Trump
Fred_Trump_III
American model and television personality (born 1955)
introducing her to a new generation. Her 2004 follow-up memoir was Everything About Me Is Fake… And I'm Perfect, in which she describes her life in modeling;
Janice_Dickinson
German-American woman (born 1938)
Literature depicting suffering Fake memoir – Type of literary forgery Misha Defonseca – Author of a fraudulent Holocaust memoir Martin Gray (Holocaust survivor) –
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Glossary_of_literary_terms
2011 non-fiction book by Anne Rothe
remarkable for its intellectual revision of American popular culture." Fake memoir Misery literature Oprah's Book Club Trauma culture Rothe, Anne (2014)
Popular_Trauma_Culture
Theory that memory may be stored in the unconscious mind
childhood abuse. Day-care sex-abuse hysteria Dissociative identity disorder Fake memoir Gaslighting Interference theory Memory inhibition Misery literature Satanic
Repressed_memory
Scientifically discredited form of psychotherapy
allegations were not based on reliable evidence. Amnesia Emotion and memory Fake memoir Gaslighting Memory inhibition Misery literature Repressed memory Psychological
Recovered-memory_therapy
British illustrator and comics artist (1902–1974)
of covers for Collins' western novels. Two fictitious portraits in a fake memoir are signed "D. C. Eyles 41". After the Second World War he was hired
D._C._Eyles
Polish medical doctor
World War II, particularly by being one of two physicians who created a fake epidemic which played on German phobias about hygiene. Lazowski gained fame
Eugene_Lazowski
American writer
received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award Pretendian Misery literature Fake memoir Plagiarism A Gay Girl in Damascus "Rear-View Mirror". JackFritscher.com
Nasdijj
Character created by Minttu Vettenterä
the best article in 2012. Misery literature Belle Gibson Go Ask Alice Fake memoir Hagert, Kyösti (10 July 2012). "Enkeli-Elinan tarinan kirjoittanut tyrmistyi
Enkeli-Elisa
Indonesian politician
its only seat. On November 13, 2008, Sukmawati was named as a suspect in a fake diploma used as a requirement for the 2009 Indonesian legislative election
Sukmawati_Sukarnoputri
American author
the fight, Drescher yelled, "The only thing that is fake-...The only thing that is artificial, or fake about me...is this!", after which Drescher slammed
Aviva_Drescher
2020 graphic memoir
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual is a 2020 graphic memoir by British illustrator Rebecca Burgess. It was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
How_to_Be_Ace:_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_Asexual
American criminal and artist (1943–2025)
made, where they arrested an accomplice and seized $180,000 in fake bills along with fake driver's licenses and registrations. He was charged with theft
R._C._Hörsch
Travel document for international travel
entered Australia in 1965 with a fake passport, following his escape from prison. His wife and children also used fake passports to join him the following
Passport
American business executive and associate of Howard R. Hughes (1889–1982)
his eventual memoir, Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes, may have been a key, if inadvertent, source of novelist Clifford Irving's infamous fake autobiography
Noah_Dietrich
American singer-songwriter (1968–2023)
posthumous duets with her father created from archival recordings. Her memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, completed by her daughter Riley Keough
Lisa_Marie_Presley
1980 rescue of US diplomats from Iran
his colleague Ed Johnson) joining the six diplomats in Tehran to form a fake film crew. It was purportedly made up of six Canadians, one Irishman and
Canadian_Caper
American singer
collaborated with MAC Cosmetics to create a make up collection. Ditto released her memoir in 2012 called Coal to Diamonds, which she co-wrote with Michelle Tea. It
Beth_Ditto
Cosmetic application
with her eyes swollen nearly shut, her co-star Lillian Gish wrote in her memoir. False eyelashes became popular in the early 1930s. They were featured in
False_eyelashes
Scottish actress (born 1980)
2018. Merlan, Anna (6 July 2016). "Actress Who Wrote Ridiculous, Fake-Seeming Zambia Memoir Is Dating Donald Trump's Finance Chair". Jezebel. Retrieved 22
Louise_Linton
2008 book by Annie Ernaux
2008 non-fiction book by Annie Ernaux. It has been described as a "hybrid" memoir, spanning the period of 1941 to 2006. Ernaux's English publisher, Seven
The_Years_(Ernaux_book)
English actress, singer, and model (born 1992)
Let Go and debut extended play (EP) Milk Teeth in 2022. Her second album, Memoir of a Sparklemuffin, was released in 2024. Alice Suki Waterhouse was born
Suki_Waterhouse
Canadian comedian (1959–2021)
comedy website Super Deluxe, he created an animated series entitled The Fake News. Macdonald filled in during Dennis Miller's weekly "Miller Time" segment
Norm_Macdonald
Autobiographical book by Nadia Murad
hours, she approached a family for help. An escape was arranged, and, using fake identities, Murad escaped with the younger son, who the family worried would
The_Last_Girl_(memoir)
Cataloging of performances by the American actress
Kathryn Murphy in The Accused (1988). McGillis, Kelly (November 14, 1988). "Memoir of a Brief Time in Hell". People. Vol. 30, no. 20. Retrieved September 27
Kelly_McGillis_filmography
Scottish hip-hop duo
from California to secure a record deal formed the basis of Bain's 2010 memoir California Schemin' (later reprinted as Straight Outta Scotland), the 2013
Silibil_N'_Brains
2025 film by James McAvoy
Silibil N' Brains, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, and is based on Bain's 2010 memoir California Schemin': How Two Lads from Scotland Conned the Music Industry
California_Schemin'
2006 book by Elizabeth Gilbert
Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia is a 2006 memoir by American author Elizabeth Gilbert. The memoir chronicles the author's trip around the world after
Eat_Pray_Love_(book)
British journalist of Pakistani descent
later became prime minister of Pakistan in 2018. The publication of her memoir shortly before the 2018 Pakistani general election led to claims that it
Reham_Khan
Italian and American actress and model (born 1990)
style and online presence. In October 2023, Fox released her debut book, a memoir titled Down the Drain. She has since released a song by the same name. She
Julia_Fox
Form of corruption where one is paid to not show up
DiCara with Chris Black, Turmoil and Transition in Boston: A Political Memoir from the Busing Era (Hamilton Books, 2013), p. 46. Seidel, Jon (2022-02-23)
No-show_job
Book by Michael Ondaatje
Running in the Family is a fictionalized memoir, written in post-modern style involving aspects of magic realism, by Michael Ondaatje. It deals with his
Running in the Family (memoir)
Running_in_the_Family_(memoir)
Man in the Glass Booth 1975 48th 0 1 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir 1975 48th 0 1 The Other Side of the Mountain 1975 48th 0 1 The Promised
List of Academy Award–nominated films
List_of_Academy_Award–nominated_films
Graphic novel and memoir by Derf Backderf
My Friend Dahmer is a 2012 graphic novel and memoir by artist John "Derf" Backderf about his teenage friendship with Jeffrey Dahmer, who later became a
My_Friend_Dahmer
Penis of an animal
Szép, Ernő; Bátki, John; Tandori, Dezső (1994). The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary. Budapest: CEU Press. ISBN 9789633864661. "What
Pizzle
Comedy and sports podcast
(Steff) David Gower (Elis) Willie Rushton on Cricket (Mike) George Best A Memoir by Michael Parkinson 222 I Am Bubbs Berlin 1936 (Mike) 1992 110m hurdles
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
The_Socially_Distant_Sports_Bar
American TV personality and political aide (born 1974)
2018). "Michael Clarke Duncan's Family And Close Friends Accuse Omarosa Of Faking Her Engagement To The Late Actor". Uproxx. Retrieved September 19, 2018
Omarosa_Manigault_Newman
2022 attack in Chautauqua, New York, United States
investigated whether the assailant was in contact with other extremists. Rushdie's memoir about the attack, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, was released
Stabbing_of_Salman_Rushdie
Hungarian painter and art forger (1906–1976)
appears in Mark Forgy's memoir The Forger's Apprentice: Life with the World's Most Notorious Artist. Hory, Elmyr de (1970). Fake! the story of Elmyr de
Elmyr_de_Hory
American thriller film by Ben Affleck
the 1999 memoir The Master of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi
Argo_(2012_film)
Dutch-American television personality (born 1964)
PMC 3540629. PMID 23303970. Summers, Daniel (January 21, 2015). "Real Housewife, Fake Disease". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 26, 2022. Johnson, Zach (April
Yolanda_Hadid
Literary hoax
Holocaust memoir to be debunked?", Slate.com, February 29, 2008. Belgian Writer Admits Best-Selling Holocaust 'Memoir' a Hoax Holocaust wolf memoir a fake, author
Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years
Misha:_A_Mémoire_of_the_Holocaust_Years
Australian actress (born 1987)
Actress in a Drama Series. She subsequently appeared in the animated film Memoir of a Snail (2024) and the Peacock limited series All Her Fault (2025), the
Sarah_Snook
American journalist
selling handbags. Junod has written about Lou's secret affairs in his 2026 memoir, In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means To Be a Man. Junod attended
Tom_Junod
American political advisor and lobbyist
prevented Facebook from closing down groups that were alleged to have circulated fake news, arguing that doing so would disproportionately target conservatives
Joel_Kaplan
American and Australian advocate (1983–2025)
or "demonstrably inaccurate". Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025. Her memoir, Nobody's Girl, was published posthumously in October 2025. Virginia Lee
Virginia_Giuffre
Canadian-American actor and activist (born 1961)
veteran actor, was already registered under that name. Fox explained in his memoir Lucky Man: The Screen Actors Guild prohibits any two members from working
Michael_J._Fox
American actor (born 1965)
Retrieved September 27, 2024. Taffet, David (July 15, 2011). "Dillon, the best fake place in Texas, fades into TV history with final episode of 'Friday Night
Kyle_Chandler
Conspiracy theory on Prime Minister of Canada
Fidel Castro. This claim has been promoted by Donald Trump and by several fake news websites. Conspiracy theorists cite alleged similarities in appearance
Justin Trudeau–Fidel Castro conspiracy theory
Justin_Trudeau–Fidel_Castro_conspiracy_theory
American actress (born 1952)
including Pixar films Finding Nemo, WALL-E, Up, and Inside Out. In 2021 her memoir May You Live in Interesting Times was released on Audible. She is the younger
Laraine_Newman
Chinese conceptual artist and dissident (born 1957)
Due to his interest in architecture, he founded the architecture studio FAKE Design, in 2003. In 2000, he co-curated the art exhibition Fuck Off with
Ai_Weiwei
American musician and feminist activist (born 1968)
Kathleen Hanna (born November 12, 1968) is an American singer, musician and pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, and punk zine writer. She
Kathleen_Hanna
American author and forger
which they saw her exit, according to her memoir. It is unclear how her forgeries were detected, but in her memoir Israel indicates that her ability to sell
Lee_Israel
American actress and comedian (born 1964)
appeared with minor roles in three episodes of In Living Color, the first in a fake TV commercial with Shawn Wayans playing Chris Rock, the second in a sketch
Molly_Shannon
American comedy television series
playing a "fake Kor". To help Kor rehearse the difficult conversation with his friend Tricia, Nathan creates simulations of trivia night with a fake Tricia
The_Rehearsal_(TV_series)
Scottish variety of smoky quartz
as seals. Not all of his identifications stand up to scrutiny, but the memoir shows that by the mid-1700s stones off the Cairngorm hills were already
Cairngorm_quartz
Canadian-American martial artist (born 1956)
via Internet Archive. Johnson, John (May 1, 1988). "NINJA: Hero or Master Fake? Others Kick Holes in Fabled Past of Woodland Hills Martial Arts Teacher"
Frank_Dux
American writer and former CIA officer
Board (PIAB). She served in the CIA from 2002 to 2010. Kennedy wrote a memoir about her time in the CIA, Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA, published
Amaryllis_Fox_Kennedy
English TV presenter and writer (born 1970)
and been a team captain on the comedy panel shows Insert Name Here and The Fake News Show. He has also made regular appearances on British comedy panel shows
Richard_Osman
McConnachie, American actor and writer (The Simpsons episode "The Fabulous Faker Boy", Noddy, the HBO Storybook Musicals episode "Earthday Birthday"), dies
2024_in_animation
Scottish comedian (born 1986)
neurodivergence. She has written about life as an autistic person in her 2023 memoir Strong Female Character. Brady was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, where
Fern_Brady
2025 film by Josh Safdie
developing the film in 2018 after Safdie was given a copy of Reisman's 1974 memoir, The Money Player: The Confessions of America's Greatest Table Tennis Champion
Marty_Supreme
1995 New Zealand television film
created the "archive footage" supposedly filmed by McKenzie. Jackson also shot fake interviews in Los Angeles, including the one with Weinstein. The film was
Forgotten_Silver
Literary genre
broke up then find their way back to each other. Fake Relationship: Characters enter into an agreed upon fake relationship which turns into the real thing
Romance_novel
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