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Bookmark or Share- Lee Israel - WikipediaLeonore Carol "Lee" Israel (December 3, 1939 – December 24, 2014) was an American author known for committing literary forgery. Her 2008 confessional autobiography Can You Ever Forgive Me? was adapted into the 2018 film of the same name starring Melissa McCarthy as Israel.
- 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Director On The Real Lee IsraelNovember 3, 20188:14 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. 6-Minute Listen. Playlist. Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a new film about writer Lee Israel, who turns to literary forgery when she...
- How A Successful Biographer Became A Forger : NPRHow A Successful Biographer Became A Forger Over three years, Lee Israel faked 400 letters from famous dead writers and sold them for "some jingle." Following an FBI sting and six months of house...
- Fakes and fortunes: has the time come to forgive literary forger Lee ...Kathryn Hughes. Mon 14 Jan 2019 04.00 EST. I n 1993, New York author Lee Israel found herself staring down the barrel of a prison sentence. Following an investigation by the FBI, she had been...
- The True Story Of 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' And Lee Israel's ForgeriesThe True Story Of Lee Israel: The Biographer Who Turned Into A Literary Forger. By Caroline Redmond | Edited By John Kuroski. Published September 28, 2018. Updated October 20, 2021. For Lee Israel, forgery started out as a way to help her sick cat, but it quickly snowballed into years of literary crimes.
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