BetCRIS Sportsbook Takes a Gamble to Unmask Author JT LeRoy
January 26, New York ? The quest for the real JT LeRoy has been one of the strangest literary mysteries in recent memory. Is he a she? An already established novelist looking for a new hook? A celebrity? A socialite? A group of people? Or is LeRoy exactly who he states? Top magazines and dailies have published theories, features, and Q&A?s of JT LeRoy, but not one has been able to confirm an identity. BetCRIS Sportsbook, the leading online gambling site with over 20 years of experience, is taking a chance to uncover the mystery that has the literary world questioning fact from fiction.
Following the January 9th story in the New York Times, which revealed that the writer JT LeRoy was a phantom created by an ex-punk rocker named Laura Albert, her husband Geoffrey Knoop and played by Knoop's younger sister, Savannah, executives at BetCRIS Sportsbook wanted to play the odds. In turn, they extended an all expense paid one-year writer?s sabbatical to the anonymous writer to move to Central America and compose his next novel in Costa Rica. The only request? LeRoy must reveal himself to the public.
?There is a thin line between fact and fiction?just look at the literary controversy being caused by ?A Million Little Pieces? author James Frey,? said Mickey Richardson, CEO of BetCRIS . ?We are hoping to put this six year mystery to bed. We have too many theories and no confirmations."
Since his first novel ?Sarah? in 2000, LeRoy, has developed celebrity and publishing industry friendships with the likes of Courtney Love, Winona Ryder, Madonna, Dave Eggers and Michael Chabon ? all with a cloak of anonymity. Now to further the Hollywood fanbase ? JT LeRoy?s ?The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things? is being released as a motion picture this March with the problematic phrase, ?Based on a true story.?
January 26, New York ? The quest for the real JT LeRoy has been one of the strangest literary mysteries in recent memory. Is he a she? An already established novelist looking for a new hook? A celebrity? A socialite? A group of people? Or is LeRoy exactly who he states? Top magazines and dailies have published theories, features, and Q&A?s of JT LeRoy, but not one has been able to confirm an identity. BetCRIS Sportsbook, the leading online gambling site with over 20 years of experience, is taking a chance to uncover the mystery that has the literary world questioning fact from fiction.
Following the January 9th story in the New York Times, which revealed that the writer JT LeRoy was a phantom created by an ex-punk rocker named Laura Albert, her husband Geoffrey Knoop and played by Knoop's younger sister, Savannah, executives at BetCRIS Sportsbook wanted to play the odds. In turn, they extended an all expense paid one-year writer?s sabbatical to the anonymous writer to move to Central America and compose his next novel in Costa Rica. The only request? LeRoy must reveal himself to the public.
?There is a thin line between fact and fiction?just look at the literary controversy being caused by ?A Million Little Pieces? author James Frey,? said Mickey Richardson, CEO of BetCRIS . ?We are hoping to put this six year mystery to bed. We have too many theories and no confirmations."
Since his first novel ?Sarah? in 2000, LeRoy, has developed celebrity and publishing industry friendships with the likes of Courtney Love, Winona Ryder, Madonna, Dave Eggers and Michael Chabon ? all with a cloak of anonymity. Now to further the Hollywood fanbase ? JT LeRoy?s ?The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things? is being released as a motion picture this March with the problematic phrase, ?Based on a true story.?
