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A central figure in the case of the mysterious writer JT Leroy has come forward to say that no one named JT Leroy exists and that the books published under that name were actually written by a San Francisco woman named Laura Albert. Albert, aged  40, from Brooklyn. Geoffrey Knoop, Ms. Albert's partner for the last 16 years, said that he had seen Ms. Albert write the books of JT Leroy in their apartment and he had been present when Ms. Albert conducted telephone conversations as JT Leroy with unwitting editors, writers, and celebrities, using the voice of a young man with a West Virginia accent. The book which was actually written by a San Francisco woman named Laura Albert, confirmed by a central figure in the case of the mysterious writer JT Leroy and he said that no one named JT Leroy exists. Albert's partner said in a telephone interview  that he had seen Ms. Albert write the books of JT Leroy in their San Francisco apartment. She usually conduct telephone conversations as JT Leroy with unwitting editors, writers and celebrities, using the voice of a young man with a West Virginia accent. She used to change his identity over the call and the interviews. He was 40, and originally from Brooklyn. Ms. Albert and her partner got separated because of stress caused by the deception.