Author James Frey Dropped by Publisher

James Frey, who fell from Oprah Winfrey's grace and admitted last month that he made up much of his best-selling memoir A Million Little Pieces, has been dropped by his publisher, the author's representative has confirmed.

After writing A Million Little Pieces for Random House, Frey jumped with his editor Sean McDonald to Penguin imprint Riverhead Books, which published his second book, My Friend Leonard, last June. Riverhead then contracted Frey to write two more books, one of them a novel, for an undisclosed sum.

"All I can say is he no longer has a deal with them," Frey's rep, Lisa Kussell, tells Reuters, declining to provide further details.

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