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Dan Mallory, who writes under the pseudonym A.J.
Finn, became a best-selling author last year with his debut thriller,The Woman in the Window.
This morning,The New Yorkerpublished a head-spinning account of Mallorys lies and deception.
Although his mother did have Stage V cancer during Mallorys adolescence, Mrs. Mallory is alive and well.
Mallorys brother Jake is, too.
He seems to have impersonated his brother, Jake, in perpetuating this particular ruse.
Later, Mallory told an acquaintance that Jake had committed suicide.
As mentioned above, Jake is alive.
Poor Jake hes already experienced two horrible deaths.
Parker writes, He spoke with an English accent and said brilliant, bloody, and Wheres the loo?
Hes never published scholarly work on Highsmith, either.
He also claimed he was a double-doctor, holding Ph.D.s from both Oxford and American University.
(If youre following along, the man does not have even a single Ph.D.).
