Pseudo autobiography examples
Autobiography examples for students.
Pseudo autobiography examples for students
Fake memoir
Type of literary forgery
"Fake journal" redirects here. For academic periodicals of dubious reputation, see Predatory journal.
Fake memoirs form a category of literary forgery in which a wholly or partially fabricated autobiography, memoir or journal of an individual is presented as fact.
In some cases, the purported author of the work is also a fabrication.
In recent years,[when?] there have been a number of such memoirs published by major publishers, some that were well received critically and became best-sellers, that have subsequently proven to have been partially or completely fabricated.
Pseudo autobiography examples
A number of recent fake memoirs fall into the category of "misery lit", where the authors claim to have overcome overwhelming losses (i.e. bereavement, abuse, addiction, and poverty). Several more have detailed fabricated stories of Holocaust survival, with at least one having been penned by an actual Holocaust victim.
As a result of recent best-selling memoi