Self-insertion

Self-insertion is a literary device in which an author character who is the real author of a work of fiction appears as a character within that fiction, either overtly or in disguise. Famous examples of self-insertion include Dante Alighieri in The Divine Comedy, Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales, Paul Auster's appearance in his New York Trilogy, Robert A. Heinlein in his The Number of the Beast, Tameem Antoniades in the Ninja Theory video game DmC as the main character Dante, Victor Hugo in his Les Misérables, John Fowles in his The French Lieutenant's Woman, Kurt Vonnegut in his Breakfast of Champions, and Stephen King's rendition of himself in the Dark Tower novels. Philip K. Dick's novel Radio Free Albemuth includes a major character named Philip K. Dick, but is written from another character's first person point of view.