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"Once you're an Oprah writer," he said, "you're an Oprah writer for life." A publishing house ordered 600,000 copies of James Frey's memoir when Oprah chose it for her book club.
Oprah Winfrey chooses "The River is Waiting" by Wally Lamb as her June book club pick, a third for the author.
James Frey is speaking out about his infamous publishing controversy. In an interview with The New York Times published on June 8, the author looked back on the publication of his 2003 book A ...
NEW YORK - In a stunning switch from dismissive to disgusted, Oprah Winfrey took on one of her chosen authors, James Frey, accusing him on live television of lying about “A Million Little Pieces ...
Frey's memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," is about his recovery from drug addiction. It is apparently a hell of a read, filled with gripping, cinematic details, some of which turn out not to be true.
The book is James Frey’s best-selling memoir about substance abuse, “ A Million Little Pieces,” which turned out to be filled with exaggerations, half-truths and outright lies.
CHICAGO Oprah Winfrey turned to an old acquaintance and personal idol for her first new book club choice since the James Frey scandal a year ago, announcing Friday that she had selected Sidney ...
Scott Simon reviews the week's news with Barbara Slavin of USA Today. Topics include the Hamas victory in Palestinian elections and Oprah Winfrey's castigation of author James Frey.
Even after James Frey (pictured, with Oprah) and J.T. Leory/Laura Albert, those in the publishing industry think things will continue on as is, because, as publisher Nan Talese says, "The author ...
If James Frey is still smarting from his public flogging at the hands of Oprah Winfrey, perhaps he will feel some comfort this month when checks for more than $4.3 million show up in his mailbox ...