Margaret Jones A.K.A. Maragaret Seltzer Lied, As Did Lauren Cleri And Well Over 50% Of All Women? ~ by JIll

Women lie. Some are good at it. Some ar not. Cyndi Hoffman, the sister of author Margaret B. Jones has tattled on her. Margaret Jones, who claimed that she was a foster child in South L.A., really grew up with her family in Sherman Oaks. Ironically, the March 4, 2008 memoir of "Margaret B. Jones" received good reviews. Perhaps, Cyndi was a bit jeolous of her sister's success and went to the press to set things right. "Love and Consequences," a critically acclaimed autobiography about growing up among gangbangers was made up. Margaret Jones is really Margaret Seltzer. She is not a half-white, half-Native American who grew up in a foster home. She is a white woman who was raised with her biological family in Sherman Oaks. She graduated from Campbell Hall, an exclusive private school in the San Fernando Valley.

Seltzer's admission that she is a fake was provided to the New York Times, which last week published a profile of Seltzer using her pseudonym. Seltzer's lie was unmasked when her sister Cyndi Hoffman, 47, notified the memoir's publisher, Riverhead Books. (Congratulations Cyndi on your 10 minutes of fame for turning in your sister! Bet your future family holidays are fun...)

But according to a New York Post article, no one should be surprised about this lie as females lie "more cleverly and successfully than men" about everything from infidelity, cosmetic surgery, barhopping and shopping binges. "Women lie as a survival technique, but also to get what they want," said Susan Shapiro Barash, author of "Little White Lies, Deep Dark Secrets: The Truth About Why Women Lie."

Lauren Cleri, 26, admitted on a Fox T.V. show that she had cheated on her NYPD cop husband. However, she failed a polygraph, and lost $200,000, by answering "yes" when asked if she believed she was a good person.

Barash interviewed 500 women and concluded:

* 75 percent lie about how much money they spend.

* 50 percent harbor "mixed feelings about mothering."

* More than 60 percent cheated on their husbands.
*More than 80 percent believe in "beneficial lying."

So, honey, if you are reading this, when I told you that I loved you on Valentines Day, don't assume it was true because you forgot to hook me up a lie detector test.

Love Jill