fake memoir
Invented life story
A fake memoir is a book presented as autobiographical but containing substantial fabrications or invented entirely.
The term usually describes works exposed as fraudulent after publication, when readers believed they were getting a true account.
Unlike novels that borrow from life, fake memoirs deceive readers about their factual basis: The publisher pulled the book after it was revealed to be a fake memoir.
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- fact checkingConfirming accuracy of statements
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
scandal · confession · fraudulent · too good to be true · autobiography · literary · deception · exposed · publisher · Oprah · book club pick · public apology · lies · invented · bestseller · testimony · discredited · plagiarism
fake memoirtrue story
Narrative of actual events
verified account · sworn testimony · eyewitness account · oral history · authorized biography
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