Savannah Knoop

Jeremiah "Terminator" LeRoy is a literary persona created in the 1990s by American writer Laura Albert. "JT" was presented as the author of several narrative works, most of which were purportedly autobiographical accounts by an HIV-positive teenage boy about his experiences of poverty, drug use, and emotional and sexual abuse in his childhood and adolescence in rural West Virginia. Albert wrote these works, and communicated with people in the persona of "JT" via phone and e-mail. Following the release of the first novel Sarah, Albert's sister-in-law Savannah Knoop began to make public appearances as the supposed writer. The works attracted considerable literary and celebrity attention, and the authenticity of "LeRoy" has been a subject of debate, even as details of the creation came to light in the 2000s.

Albert originally published as Terminator and later JT LeRoy.

Work credited to LeRoy was published in literary journals such as Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope: All-Story, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Memorious, and Oxford American magazine's Seventh Annual Music Issue. LeRoy was listed as a contributing editor to BlackBook magazine, i-D and 7x7 magazines, and is credited with writing reviews all of which include the character Justin Wayne Dennis, articles and interviews for The New York Times, The Times of London, Spin, Film Comment, Filmmaker, Flaunt, Shout NY, Index Magazine, Interview, and Vogue, among others.

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