Clifford Irving
Biography
Clifford Michael Irving was a novelist and investigative reporter born on November 5, 1930, in New York City. He gained notoriety for forging handwritten letters to convince his publisher to accept a fake "autobiography" of Howard Hughes, which he claimed was written by the billionaire recluse himself. This infamous hoax led to Irving's arrest, confession, and two-and-a-half-year prison sentence.