Reality comes crashing down on J.T. LeRoy hoax --
Famous, and famously "shy" author, revealed as construction

After this exhaustive investigative piece in New York magazine, it'll be hard to take seriously any claims that J.T. LeRoy, supposed author of Sarah and The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, is anything but the figment of the imagination of a 39-year-old musician named Laura Albert -- who has posed in the past as "Speedie," part of LeRoy's entourage -- to promote her band Thistle.

Also:
Village Voice, June 2001: The Cult of J.T. LeRoy
The Morning News, June 2002: Looking for LeRoy
Bookslut, December 2003: Interview
Gawker, 7 Oct 05: Figument of Gus Vant Sant's imagination?
Houston Press, 25 Aug 05: Coal Miner Mother of a Mess