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TIL JT LeRoy wrote two novels on his tragic childhood, dubbing him a genius of his generation, sparking a race for their film rights. He was friends with celebs like Madonna & Winona Ryder, talking to them for hours over the phone. It turns out JT Leroy didn’t exist and was in fact entirely made up.

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