Has The Times Outed Belle De Jour?

Has Belle de Jour finally been unmasked?

The Times claims she is really Sarah Champion, a 33 year old author from Manchester.

Dan Foster, a literary sleuth, searched Google with quirks in Belle's writing, and the only match seemed to be Miss Champion.

Both Sarah and Belle share a lot of personal details. They have relatives in Manchester, love obscure bands (Sarah worked for NME) and are both widely read. Sarah also lived in South London, an area Belle appears to have detailed knowledge of.

However, Belle's agent, Patrick Walsh, has denied Sarah is really Belle. I have never heard of her, he says.