Clifford Irving

Novelist, Author

1930 –

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Who is Clifford Irving?

Clifford Michael Irving is an American investigative reporter and novelist who has written and published twenty books under his own name. He is best known for a fictional "autobiography" of Howard Hughes in the early 1970s. After Hughes denounced him and sued the publisher, McGraw-Hill, Irving confessed the hoax and was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison; he served 17 months. He is most active now as the author of 18 ebooks on Kindle and Nook. His investigative true crime book Daddy's Girl is Kindle's # 1 Best Seller in the category of Courts & Law.

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Born
Nov 5, 1930
Manhattan
Also known as
  • Ирвинг, Клиффорд
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Cornell University
Lived in
  • New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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