Laura Albert

Novelist, Author

1965 –

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Who is Laura Albert?

Laura Victoria Albert is the author of writings that include works credited to the fictional persona of JT LeRoy, whom Albert described as an "avatar", saying she was able to write things as LeRoy that she could not have said as Laura Albert. Albert was born and raised in Brooklyn, and she and her former partner, Geoffrey Knoop, have a young son. She has also used the names Emily Frasier and Speedie, and published other works as Laura Victoria and Gluttenberg.

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Born
Nov 2, 1965
Brooklyn
Also known as
  • JT LeRoy
  • J. T. LeRoy
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Brooklyn

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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