LeRoy, J. T.

Autor: LeRoy, J. T.
Rok: 1980-

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Americký fiktivní autor próz a článků, ve skutečnosti pseudonym Laury Albert.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

Jeremiah "Terminator" LeRoy is a literary persona created by American writer Laura Albert. The name was used from 1996 on for publication in magazines such as Nerve and Shout NY. After his first novel Sarah was published, "LeRoy" started making public appearances. In a January 2006 article in The New York Times, LeRoy's agent, manager, movie producer, as well as several journalists, declared that the person acting as LeRoy in public was Savannah Knoop.LeRoy was supposedly born October 31, 1980 in West Virginia. His backstory was one of prostitution, drug addiction, and vagrancy in California, prior to the publication of his first novel in 1999. However, an exposé in October 2005 revealed that JT LeRoy was Laura Albert.Albert described LeRoy as an "avatar", and said that she was able to write things as LeRoy that she could not have said as Laura Albert, comparing it to "the way an oyster creates a pearl: out of irritation and suffering. It was an attempt to try to heal something." In 2007 Albert was found liable in monetary damages for the tort of fraud for having signed legal papers in the name of her fictional character.After the reveal, elements of JT LeRoy went on to inspire "Sweetie", a 2008 episode of Law & Order. Albert and JT are the subjects of the hit Brazilian rock musical JT, Um Conto de Fadas Punk (JT, A Punk Fairy Tale). "The Dramaturg", a 2013 episode of Smash, had two composers pitching their musical as "A Star Is Born meets Hamlet meets Romeo and Juliet. And Moulin Rouge, Gaga, JT LeRoy," with the director responding, "It feels quite current."