Authors Who Write Themselves into Their Books

What is it called when an author writes about themselves?

A book that someone writes about their own life is called an autobiography.

What is it called when an author puts themselves in a book?

Self-insertion is a literary device in which the author writes himself or herself into the story as a fictional character.

Sarah Jenkins

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