Blanche Knott

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Blanche Knott is the credited author of the politically incorrect Truly Tasteless Jokes book and its many follow-ons. According to the New York Times^[1], the first volume was the biggest-selling mass-market book of 1983. The name is a pun directing the reader to "blanch not" at the offensive nature of the jokes within and an obvious pseudonym.

The actual author was a fresh-from-college employee at St. Martin Press named Ashton Applewhite^[2], who ironically, given the many AIDS jokes contained in the TTJ books, went on to write an inspirational volume for AIDS victims.

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1. ^ PUBLISHING; Many Houses Find Images Are Blurred - New York Times
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