In 2009, Frey founded Full Fathom Five, a publishing house meant specifically to create commercially-appealing YA novels. But the genre has also brought controversy for Frey. He's also been highly involved in the YA genre, having co-written with author Nils Johnson-Shelton the Endgame trilogy of sci-fi YA novels, which have been optioned for possible movie adaptations by 20th Century Fox. In 2011, he published another novel aimed at adults, titled The Final Testament of the Holy Bible. He signed with publisher HarperCollins in 2007 and began work on a new novel, Bright Shiny Morning, which was published in 2008.

It only took Frey a year to recover professionally from his A Million Little Pieces controversy.

In fact, Frey is now arguably more successful than ever. It seemed as if Frey's career as a writer was over as quickly as it had begun, but that's not what happened. After Frey's admission that the memoir was partly fictional, he was dropped by his literary agent and his publisher had to settle a class-action lawsuit from disgruntled readers who demanded compensation for having been duped. With a movie version of A Million Little Pieces now hitting theaters, it's safe to say that Frey has fully recovered from the book controversy that consumed his life back in 2006. The book has since been reclassified as a novel, and a movie adaptation is due out in December. But in early '06, it was revealed that Frey fabricated much of the story, leading to a contentious and memorable appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The book became an inspiration to many, landing in Oprah's Book Club in 2005. Remember James Frey? Back in 2003, the author published a memoir titled A Million Little Pieces that documented the remarkable story of his drug addiction and road to recovery.

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