Author surrogate

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As a literary technique, an author surrogate (also called an author avatar) is a fictional character based on the author.^[1] The author surrogate may be disguised, with a different name, or the author surrogate may be quite close to the author, with the same name. Some authors use author surrogates to express philosophical or political views in the narrative. Authors may also insert themselves under their own name into their works.