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Autobiographies

Don't tell me you don't know the difference/ between a lover and a fighter/ with my pen and electric typewriter/ even in a perfect world where everyone was equal/ I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel. --Elvis Costello, "Everyday I Write the Book"

Ah, well, if dear old Mike Tyson had known the difference between a lover and a fighter, he might not have spent as much time in the pokey as he already has. That said, we at How Dare They Challenge Us With Their Primitive Skills challenge you to identify who wrote each of the following autobiographies. In each case, assume that we are looking for the ostensible author -- if we were to ask for the author of One Frog Can Make a Difference, we would expect the answer "Kermit the Frog," and not "Jim Henson's Publicist."

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Bo Knows Bo

Bravo Maurice!

Child Star

Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Chuck Amuck

Fear of Fifty

Goodness Had Nothing To Do With It

Grand National/ King Richard I

Growing Up/ The Good Times

Heigh-ho Steverino

I Can't Believe I Said That!

Lanterna Magica/ The Magic Lantern

Long Time Gone

Mayor

Me, Alice

My Life and Ethiopia's Progress

Papa John

Private Parts

The Ragman's Son

Standing Firm

Throwing Heat

To The Stars

Up From Slavery

What Do You Care What Other People Think?