According to The New York Times, disgraced author James Frey is coming back with a new book: this one, Bright Shiny Morning, will be clearly labeled a work of fiction.

Frey's first book, A Million Little Pieces, was a bestseller featured on Oprah that garnered further attention when it was revealed that the book, billed as a memoir, contained numerous fabrications. Our own Beth Gaston Moon called Frey the "Milli Vanilli of modern American literature." Random House agreed to pay up to $2.35 million to readers who claimed they were defrauded.

His new book will be with Harper Collins, and it remains to be seen whether he'll be able to have a hit.

Did Frey make a mistake? Yes, of course. Was anyone hurt by it? I seriously doubt it. On the other hand, the advice doled out in Roberty Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad is often terrible and, according to some, completely made up. Given that Kiyosaki literally advises readers to change their lives, I would argue that this should be a much, much larger scandal than James Frey.

Frey made a mistake and he apologized. Hopefully readers will give his new work of fiction a fair chance.

James Frey is back! Did he really do anything that bad? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.