Catherine Johnson picks the most fascinating real life and fictional fraudsters, from pretend princesses to the boy who conned Calvin Klein
All writers are liars, and all stories – even when they contain truths – are make-believe. I am fascinated by con artists and fraudsters who, either out of sheer audacity or sheer desperation, leave reality behind and remake themselves into something fabulous. And a lot of the time we want to believe in their fantastic creations.
Of course, most con artists and fraudsters are just out for our money, but the ones I’ve picked out here wanted something else – often attention, but sometimes acceptance and occasionally love.
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