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Cook County Officials Want to Question Author Accused of Bilking Woman Out of $400,000 The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - County officials want to question author Norma Khouri over allegations she bilked a woman out of her home and $400,000 in savings bonds when she lived in Chicago in the 1990s. Khouri, 34, recently gained notoriety when an Australian newspaper accused her of fabricating material in her 2002 book "Forbidden Love," which she promoted as autobiographical. Publishers have since pulled the book from shelves in the United States and Australia, saying it was a hoax. Khouri, who was living in...

Her tragic story stole readers' hearts and triggered an international outcry. She became a best-selling author in the same league as J.K.Rowling and Michael Moore. She petitioned the United Nations personally, was published in 15 countries, and Australians voted her memoir into their favourite 100 books of all time. But Norma Khouri is a fake, and so is Forbidden Love. With Australian sales approaching 200,000, the book told of her lifelong friendship with a girl named Dalia in Amman, Jordan. In their 20s, Khouri wrote, she and Dalia started a hairdressing salon together. Dalia met and fell in love with...