Alex Malarkey, seen here in a 2009 photo, has written an open letter saying that events described in the best-seller The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven were made up.. John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer/Landov ...

According to the publisher's description of the book, "in 2004, Kevin Malarkey and his 6-year-old son, Alex, suffered an horrific car accident.

Alex Malarkey was severely injured in a car accident, and his reported visions of heaven formed the basis of the book, "The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven," which he now says was a fake.

A boy who claimed in a best-selling book that he died and visited heaven after a car crash that left him paralyzed is now saying he made it all up. Nearly five years after "The Boy Who Came Back ...

"The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven" was first published in 2010 and told of a 2004 auto accident which left Malarkey in a coma. According to the book, co-written by Alex's father, Kevin Malarkey ...

Turns out, he was full of malarkey. A 6-year-old boy who penned a best-selling novel about his trip to heaven after a near-fatal car crash left him comatose and paralyzed has admitted five years af… ...

Alex Malarkey, subject of the book "The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven," admitted in an open letter his story was fake. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware. Welcome, Mickey.

Alex Malarkey, the boy at the heart of a bestselling book, "The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven," said in a letter to his publisher that he lied — he never died when he was 6 years old and went to ...

A life-altering crash, best-selling book and Alex's disavowal. Kevin Malarkey was driving his son to their Bellefontaine-area home Nov. 14, 2004, when he took a call from his then-wife, Beth.

A life-altering crash, best-selling book and Alex's disavowal. Kevin Malarkey was driving his son to their Bellefontaine-area home Nov. 14, 2004, when he took a call from his then-wife, Beth.

A Christian publisher will stop selling “The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven” now that the young subject paralyzed in a car crash says the story of going to heaven is not true.

Alex Malarkey, subject of the book "The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven," admitted in an open letter his story was fake. WATCH LIVE. Fresno County North Valley South Valley Foothills/Sierra.