another reclusive writer

[Doug Millison]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/26/DD103723.DTL

(watch the wrap on the url)

An Enigmatic Writer Depicts Secret Worlds
J.T. LeRoy chronicles hustler's life
by  Neva Chonin, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, June 26, 2000

[...]

As is usually the case with enigmatic personalities, stories abound: 
Some insist that J.T. Leroy is a nom de plume for writer Dennis 
Cooper, whose latest book, "Period,'' has that same LeRoy photograph 
on its cover. Others say LeRoy is real but suggest that he's in fact 
a girl masquerading as a boy masquerading as a girl.

Adding to the mystery is the fact that he won't conduct face-to-face 
interviews or do public readings. His lifeline to the outer world is 
his personal Web site at www.jtleroy.com, where he compiles his 
writings, answers e-mail and peddles raccoon penis bones, which  play 
a central, talismanic role in "Sarah.''