Pablo F. Fenjves (; ) is an American

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and

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based in

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. His screenwriting credits include the 1995 film ''The Affair'', ''

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'', released in January 2012, and a string of television movies. Fenjves ghostwrote the book ''

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'', an account of the O. J. Simpson murder case. Born in

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

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, on August 16, 1953, to Hungarian survivors of

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, Fenjves went to college in Illinois. His first journalism job was in Canada. He joined the ''

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'' in Florida in the late 1970s, where he befriended

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. Fenjves has ghostwritten more than a dozen books, including two number one ''New York Times'' Best-Sellers (''Witness'' and ''Blood Brother''). Fenjves also ghostwrote the autobiographies and memoirs of

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, and music producer

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''If I Did It''

Fenjves collaborated with

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to ghostwrite ''

'', an account of the

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. The book was pulled by the publisher just weeks before its release date, but it was subsequently revived by Fred Goldman, father of murder victim Ron Goldman, and spent five weeks on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. Fenjves had a personal connection to the Simpson case, as Fenjves lived a few doors down from the Brentwood murder scene, and had testified against Simpson regarding the time at which he heard Nicole Simpson's dog barking. Fenjves stated in interviews that Simpson actively collaborated on the manuscript, and that Fenjves knew Simpson was a murderer.

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