Critics believe that Rich Dad is fictional and that Kiyosaki created him as an author surrogate (a literary device). In the past, Kiyosaki has maintained that Rich Dad actually existed, but that he died decades before the book was first published.[citation needed]
In John T Reed's Analysis of Rich Dad Poor Dad, he condensed these conflicting statements made by Kiyosaki concerning the reality of his "Rich Dad":
"As to the whereabouts of Rich Dad—at one point, Kiyosaki tells Smart Money that he died in 1992. Poor man. Later, he says Rich Dad is still alive, but a reclusive invalid. Uh huh. Later, he tells Smart Money that Rich Dad was a composite of several persons. Finally, he gets angry at Smart Money. 'Is Harry Potter real? Why don’t you let Rich Dad be a myth, like Harry Potter?'"

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