Richard Suskind
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Richard Suskind was a children's author
who participated with author Clifford Irving
in creating a fraudulent autobiography
of the reclusive entrepreneur Howard Hughes
. Suskind was incarcerated for five months of a six-month prison sentence for his role in collaborating with Irving on the hoax. He died in 1999.
He was portrayed in the 2007 film The Hoax
by Alfred Molina
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Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
who participated with author Clifford Irving
Clifford Irving
Clifford Michael Irving is an American author of novels and works of nonfiction, but best known for using forged handwritten letters to convince his publisher into accepting a fake "autobiography" of reclusive businessman Howard Hughes in the early 1970s...
in creating a fraudulent autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
of the reclusive entrepreneur Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...
. Suskind was incarcerated for five months of a six-month prison sentence for his role in collaborating with Irving on the hoax. He died in 1999.
He was portrayed in the 2007 film The Hoax
The Hoax
The Hoax is a 2007 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. The screenplay by William Wheeler is based on the book of the same title by Clifford Irving and focuses on the autobiography Irving supposedly helped Howard Hughes write...
by Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina is a British-born American actor. He first came to public attention in the UK for his supporting role in the 1987 film Prick Up Your Ears...
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Collaboration
- 1972 Clifford Irving: What really happened; His untold story of the Hughes Affair by Clifford Irving with Richard Suskind