Author: The JT Le Roy Story 2016 Official Trailer

In 2006, The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked it boy wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didnt actually exist. He was the creative expression of 40yearold San Francisco former phonesex operator turned housewife, Laura Albert. From the director of The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Author: The JT LeRoy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albertlike a Cyrano de Bergerac on steroidsbreathed not only words, but life, into her avatar for a decade. Her epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows and fashion events, ultimately revealing that channeling her brilliant fiction through another identity was the only possible path to selfexpression.