 In 1996, she was confronted about the veracity of her book by Aborginal protesters and admitted the stories from her books were fake.Marlo Morgan self-published a book in 1990 titled "Mutant Message Down Under", which purported to chronicle the journey of a middle-aged, white, American woman with a group of 62 desert Aborigines, the "Real People", across the continent of Australia.The author states the book was written after the fact inspired by actual experience.