Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade

After it concluded, many questions arose.

Though ashamed, the investigators were nonetheless curious about the solution to the question, "How did a 15-year-old runaway successfully pose as a world-traveled countess?"

By almost sneering, "How did she do it while under investigation by the FBI, DEA, and Interpol?" the press turned the tables on them.

For six months, the Mafia had been requesting the same thing: "What is your real name?"

And the psychologists posed the standard question: "Why?"

What would keep a female in trouble is the why behind it.

The genuine tale of a teenage con artist is told in Assuming Names. It's the story of a runaway who took on the identity of a countess before deceiving the DEA, FBI, Interpol, and many other famous people and organizations with a complex web of international intrigue.

A COMMENT FROM THE WRITER: Hi to all of you. It's Tanya here. As you read my book, you could find yourself thinking, "No, this did not happen." You could think it's unrealistic and, to be honest, unachievable. On my website, I've included proof that the information I write is accurate. Although I mention it at the beginning of the book, I'll say it again here in case it gets missed.

Copies of the newspaper and magazine articles that are discussed in the book may be found at my website. The Dallas Morning News, Woman's World Magazine, and the Austin American Statesman are the sources of the pieces. They are all well-known news organizations around the country. While my book does portray me as the kind who would do such a thing, previous critics were worried that I could have used Photoshop to produce them. In actuality, however, those media institutions would sue me until the cache was emptied.

You may not trust me in the end, but you can trust what the newspaper said.