"It boy" JT LeRoy was revealed in the October 2005 issue of New York magazine. His hard-hitting writing about his rough childhood had drawn icons and luminaries from all over the world to his books. It turned out that LeRoy didn't really exist. A 40-year-old woman in San Francisco who likes to listen to punk music and do phone sex came up with the idea for him.
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"It boy" JT LeRoy was revealed in the October 2005 issue of New York magazine. His hard-hitting writing about his rough childhood had drawn icons and luminaries from all over the world to his books. It turned out that LeRoy didn't really exist. A 40-year-old woman in San Francisco who likes to listen to punk music and do phone sex came up with the idea for him.
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