James Frey was born on September 12,1969 and is an American writer and businessman.
22 Facts About James Frey
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James Frey's 2008 novel Bright Shiny Morning was a bestseller.
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James Frey is the CEO of NYXL, an esports organization based in New York.
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James Frey is a Denison University alumnus, a history major from the class of 1992.
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James Frey wrote the screenplays to the films Kissing a Fool and Sugar: The Fall of the West, the latter of which he directed.
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Doubleday published A Million Little Pieces in April 2003, which James Frey wrote and marketed as a memoir of drug addiction, crime, and an eventual journey to sobriety.
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The second book centered on the father-son relationship which James Frey formed with his friend Leonard, from the Hazelden addiction treatment program.
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The New York Times's Janet Maslin, who had been one of James Frey's detractors, gave the book a rave review.
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The website stated that James Frey was never incarcerated and that he had greatly exaggerated the circumstances of a key arrest detailed in the memoir: hitting a police officer with his car, while high on crack, which led to a violent melee with multiple officers and an 87-day jail sentence.
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The arresting officer, according to TSG, recalled James Frey as having been polite and cooperative.
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On January 11,2006, James Frey appeared with his mother on Larry King Live.
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James Frey defended his work, claiming that all memoirs alter minor details for literary effect.
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James Frey consistently referred to the reality of his addiction, which he said was the principal point of his work.
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James Frey wanted to hear from him directly whether he had lied to her or "simply" embellished minor details, as he had told Larry King.
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James Frey acknowledged that The Smoking Gun had been accurate when the website reported that Frey only spent a few hours in jail rather than the 87 days Frey claimed in his memoirs.
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On January 31,2006, it was announced that James Frey had been dropped by his literary manager, Kassie Evashevski of Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, over matters of trust.
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On February 1,2006, Random House published James Frey's note to the reader, which was included in later editions of the book.
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Riverhead previously published James Frey's bestselling 2005 book My Friend Leonard.
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The refund offer was extended to anyone who had purchased the book prior to James Frey's disclosing the falsehoods therein.
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In May 2009, Vanity Fair reported that Winfrey had called James Frey and apologized for the surprise topic change of the January 26,2006 interview.
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In 2009, James Frey formed Full Fathom Five, a young adult novel publishing company that aimed to create highly commercial novels like Twilight.
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The article details how James Frey removed Hughes from the project, allegedly during a screaming match between the two authors.