They may be edited by the agent. But the original author of the bio is ALWAYS the author of the book being promoted. I’ve heard that from multiple published writers.
One thing is for certain: A copy editor does NOT pull a birthplace of Kenya out of thin air!
Obama claimed many, many times over the years that he was born in Kenya. The evidence exists in print all over the place, right up to the beginning of his presidential campaign, when it dawned on somebody in his camp that it was problematic.
Exactly. Well said.
& here’s another point. People say, ‘But Obama also claimed to be born in HI.’
As indeed he did. He had two sets of documentation, one real, one created by his relatives in HI. He could claim birth in either location as it suited his purpose, and if challenged, could ‘prove’ the location in question. The idea that because a con-man/snake oil salesman/pathological liar at one time tells the truth—if, and ONLY if, it suits him—and at other times tells a lie proves anything is silly. All it proves is that liars lie.