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* Drosselmeyer in ''[[The Nutcracker (novel)|The Nutcracker]]'' has been claimed to be a self-portrait by the author [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]].
* Louis in the ''[[Wayside School]]'' series.
* Most novels by [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] have a [[Framing Device]] where a character who is obviously Burroughs is visited by a character (such as [[John Carter of Mars|John Carter]]) who tells them the main story of the novel. Oddly, while the framing character does seem to be Edgar Rice Burroughs (he lives in Tarzana and sometime characters allude to previous books he has published) some of his biographical details are slightly different, he grew up in the antebellum South rather than Chicago and he has been on giant hunting safaris and other huge adventures the real Burroughs rarely had. (In the [[John Carter (film)|''John Carter'' film]]
** [[Epileptic Trees]] time: Meet [http://www.pjfarmer.com/secret/Immortal/Burroughing.htm Matthew Nicholas Carter], the previously unnamed [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|Watson to Burroughs's Doyle]], who stayed with Burroughs in Tarzana for a while, and who the characters knew was partly responsible for the books.
* [[Stephen King]] does this in ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' books. He writes himself in a warts-and-all snapshot of his life, including his alcoholism and his now-famours car crash injury. The main characters of the books {{spoiler|rescue him after the accident, convince him to quit drinking and basically convince him he's God}}.
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