President Obama has said many times that he wrote Dreams from My Father, his ostensible autobiography. Not collaborated on it, not co-authored it, not dictated it, but wrote it. That is indisputable and a matter of historical record. He has publicly stated on any number of occasions that he was the sole author of the book and even used this 'fact' to constantly bolster his image as a literate person with a superior intellect. There is no question that this image played a major part in getting him elected as President.