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A fact from Alex (novel series) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 January 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like the protagonist?
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... that the Alex quartet was partly inspired by author Tessa Duder's own championship swimming career, but she says it is not semi-autobiographical? Source: "Which small vignette (pretty much true) brings me to reviewers who blithely assume that Alex is semi-autobiographical. ... authenticity doesn’t mean “semi-autobiographical”. ... I too was a schoolgirl “overachiever” and was – am still – famously opinionated, but the similarities are superficial. Only I know what is based on memories, what is researched, what has been playfully expanded from facts or what – the largest category – is actually pure invention." [1]
@Grnrchst: Thanks very much for the review! Yeah, was sort of basing it on her statement about authenticity, but see what you mean. How's something like:
ALT1: ... that the author of the Alex novels, about a champion teenage swimmer, says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer?
ALT2: ... that the author of the Alex novels says they are not semi-autobiographical, even though she was herself a champion teenage swimmer like Alex?
