Laura Victoria Albert (born November 2, 1965) is the author of writings that include works credited to the fictional persona of JT LeRoy, whom Albert described as an "avatar", saying she was able to write things as LeRoy that she could not have said as Laura Albert. Albert was born and raised in Brooklyn, and she and her former partner, Geoffrey Knoop, have a young son. She has also used the names Emily Frasier and Speedie, and published other works as Laura Victoria and Gluttenberg.