Since it’s “Fake Writer Day”…

I first bring you my all time favorite hoax: The case of I, LIBERTINE.

And then follow up with the exhausting, head-banging-against-wall-inducing story of B. Traven.

(and for those still playing catchup: start with JT Leroy, go onto James Frey, then add agent Ira Silverberg’s comments on the former.)