It is likely that the original author invented this fictional date.

André Breton claimed the author had invented "history-fiction", a new literary genre.

Moreover, the author invents striking images and metaphors, writing almost lyrically at times.

Still, the author just may have invented a new genre: the screwball fantasy.

In this sense, an author can invent a model or brand of car, for which he can make up details.

The play's authors invented the scene "to show something of the young Jefferson's life without destroying the unity of setting."

The third item offers the reader an insight into what occurred in real life and what the author invented.

He invented-as an author invents characters in a novel-all the different men that you and I were intended to be.

Several authors have challenged the veracity of this incident, arguing that it was exaggerated or invented.

But it is also possible that the author simply invented one.