The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (novel)

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
AuthorJT LeRoy
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort stories
PublisherBloomsbury
Publication date
9 June 2001
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeHardback and paperback
Pages224 pp
ISBN1-58234-142-7
OCLC45879901
813/.6 21
LC ClassPS3562.E773 H4 2001
Preceded bySarah 

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things is a novel-like book of ten related short stories written by Laura Albert under the name JT LeRoy, a persona that she has described as an "avatar," asserting that it enabled her to write things that she was incapable of expressing as Laura Albert. These stories predate the 2000 JT LeRoy novel Sarah but were published in 2001, after Sarah was released. The title is taken from Jeremiah 17:9 (King James Bible version).