Editing Self-insertion (section)

==Examples==
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*''[[Money (novel)|Money]]'' by [[Martin Amis]]
* ''[[The Razor's Edge]]'' by [[Somerset Maugham]]
* ''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]'' by [[Kurt Vonnegut]]<ref name="Mason2009">{{cite book|last=Mason|first=Fran|title=The A to Z of Postmodernist Literature and Theater|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJRJKXy3_cgC&pg=PA338|access-date=22 September 2014|year=2009|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810868557|pages=338–}}</ref><ref name="Klinkowitz1992">{{cite book|last=Klinkowitz|first=Jerome|title=Structuring the Void: The Struggle for Subject in Contemporary American Fiction|url=https://archive.org/details/structuringvoids0000klin|url-access=registration|access-date=22 September 2014|year=1992|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=9780822312055|pages=[https://archive.org/details/structuringvoids0000klin/page/52 52]–}}</ref>
* ''[[Breakfast of Champions]]'' by [[Kurt Vonnegut]]
* ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' by [[John Fowles]]<ref name="Britannica">{{cite book|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1102665/The-French-Lieutenants-Woman|access-date=17 November 2014|year=2014|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Stan Lee]] is depicted as himself in different [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic books and [[Marvel Cinematic Universe|movies]].
* [[Clive Cussler]], author of [[Dirk Pitt]] novels, has inserted himself as a [[deus ex machina]] character in several of his books.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clive-cussler-books.com/dirk-pitt-revealed/|title=Dirk Pitt Revealed &#124; An Official Web Site for Bestselling Adventure Novelist &#124; Author Clive Cussler|date=16 June 2015}}</ref>
* In ''[[Gargantua and Pantagruel]]'' by [[François Rabelais]], Rabelais takes over the narration of the story and personally describes [[Vorarephilia|the enlarged tongue of one of the protagonists]] as if he was physically in the story.<ref>''Gargantua and Pantagruel'', Francois Rabelais, chapter "How Pantagruel, With His Tongue, Covered a Whole Army, and What the Author Saw In His Mouth".</ref>
* [[William Blake]] is said to depict himself in the novel ''[[Milton: A Poem in Two Books]]''.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
* The ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' by [[Dante Alighieri]] features the poet Dante himself as a character, visiting [[Hell]] through [[Heaven]], where he meets people he does not like being punished, and his friends and famous historical heroes having eternal rest.
* In ''[[Don Quixote]]'', by [[Miguel de Cervantes]], the novel ''[[La Galatea]]'' by Cervantes himself is mentioned among the books in Don Quixote's library; then, one of the characters adds "that Cervantes has been for many years a great friend of mine."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cervantes |first=Miguel de |date=1605 |title=Don Quixote |url=https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Don_Quixote/Volume_1/Chapter_VI |website=[[Wikisource]]}}</ref>
* [[Randolph Carter]] adds himself as a character in several spin offs of [[H. P. Lovecraft|H.P. Lovecraft's]] ''[[Cthulhu Mythos]]''.
* In the ''[[Rush Revere]]'' series of books, authored by [[Rush Limbaugh]], Limbaugh uses himself as the narrator, who is exploring various American historical settings and concepts and explaining them to readers.
* In the ''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight]]'' novel series by [[Stephenie Meyer]], [[Bella Swan]] is argued to either be Meyer herself or a [[blank slate]] on which the reader is expected to [[psychological projection|project]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
* [[Rayford Steele]] and [[Buck Williams]] make [[Cameo appearance|cameos]] as themselves in the ''[[Left Behind]]'' novel series by [[Tim LaHaye]] and [[Jerry B. Jenkins]].
* The title character of ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' by [[Charlotte Bronte]] is accused of being a self-insertion.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
* ''[[The Messenger (Zusak novel)|I Am the Messenger]]'' by [[Markus Zusak]].
* [[Andrew Hussie]] used himself to recap story beats of his [[webcomic]], ''[[Homestuck]]''.
* ''[[JPod]]'' by [[Douglas Coupland]] is said to employ the author as a character.
* A character in ''[[The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah]]'', by [[Stephen King]], is thought to be directly based on King himself.
* ''[[Handbook for Mortals]]'' by Lani Sarem
* ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' by [[Lemony Snicket]]
* ''[[The Map and the Territory]]'' by [[Michel Houellebecq]]
* Frank Owen in ''[[The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists]]'' by [[Robert Tressell]]
* [[Robert Langdon]] in the ''[[Robert Langdon (book series)|Robert Langdon]]'' book series by [[Dan Brown]]
* John Barth in the [[Chimera_(Barth_novel)#Dunyazadiad|Dunyazadiad]] segment of John Barth's novel ''[[Chimera (Barth novel)|Chimera]]''.
* Rohan Kishibe in ''[[Diamond Is Unbreakable]]'' by [[Hirohiko Araki]]
* Louis, a student enrolled in ''[[Wayside School]]'', is based on author [[Louis Sachar]].
* [[Rudyard Kipling]] writes himself a cameo in ''[[The Man Who Would Be King]]''.
* The [[Thin Clergyman]] in ''[[The Railway Series]]'', written by [[Wilbert Awdry|Reverend Wilbert Awdry]], is said to be based on the author himself.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
* Mandy from ''I Am Not Starfire'' and Kimberely Keiko "Skim" Cameron from ''[[Skim (comics)|Skim]]'' by [[Mariko Tamaki]]
* [[Velma Dinkley]] from the animated television series ''[[Velma_(TV_series)|Velma]]'' has been cited as a self-insertion of [[Mindy Kaling]], due to the character's mannerisms and appearance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/izzyampil/mindy-kaling-backlash-velma-mindy-project-never-have-i-ever|title=Mindy Kaling's Comedy Has Gotten Tired And Now She's Being Dragged For It|first=Izzy|last=Ampil|date=18 January 2023|website=BuzzFeed News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maindy-kaling-velma-south-asian-tropes_n_63c84a9ce4b04d4d18dc014a|title=6 Tweets That Perfectly Sum Up Our Disdain For The New Velma|date=19 January 2023|website=HuffPost UK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parade.com/tv/hbo-velma-series-premiere-slammed-by-fans|title=HBO's 'Velma' Series Slammed by Fans Following Season Premiere|first=Marisa|last=Losciale|date=15 January 2023|website=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.easterneye.biz/mindy-kalings-velma-emerges-as-the-worst-rated-show-on-imdb-and-other-review-aggregator-websites/|title=Mindy Kaling's Velma emerges as the worst-rated show on IMDb and other review-aggregator websites - EasternEye|date=25 January 2023}}</ref>
* Protagonist [[Jake Wheeler]] from ''[[Chucky (TV series)|Chucky]]'' is based the experiences of franchise creator [[Don Mancini]] as a gay teenager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.them.us/story/don-mancini-chucky-creator-interview-season-two|title=How Don Mancini Drew from His Own Closeted Catholic Childhood to Create Chucky|date=13 October 2022}}</ref>
* Peter Marlowe in [[James Clavell]]'s [[Asian Saga]].