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Leonore 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.
Sep 28, 2018 · When her writing career stalled, Lee Israel, now profiled in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?," turned to literary forgery and theft. Lee Israel's life and illegal letter forgery will be the subject of an upcoming movie starring Melissa McCarthy.
Jan 8, 2015 · Ms. Israel, who died in Manhattan on Dec. 24 at 75, was a reasonably successful author in the 1970s and ’80s, writing biographies of the actress Tallulah Bankhead, the journalist Dorothy...
Oct 19, 2018 · 5 fascinating stories about Lee Israel, the real person behind Can You Ever Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy plays the biographer turned literary forger in the new film based on Israel’s memoir.
Feb 22, 2019 · Lee Israel came late to a life of crime. Though her forgeries of letters from luminaries like Louise Brooks, Dorothy Parker, and Ernest Hemingway would ultimately become a far more...
Oct 19, 2018 · For Lee Israel, a celebrity biographer by trade and the subject of Melissa McCarthy’s new movie Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the best way to acquire such letters was to buy an old...
Oct 20, 2018 · The strange, true-life story of the literary scammer Lee Israel. Five finger discount. Image: Courtesy Fox Searchlight. By. Thu-Huong Ha. Published October 20, 2018. This story contains...
Sep 10, 2008 · 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 arrest, she's out with a memoir about her...
Nov 3, 2018 · Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a new film about writer Lee Israel, who turns to literary forgery when she stops selling books. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with director Marielle Heller about...
Feb 1, 2019 · Lee Israel, a once-successful biographer, fell into the world of literary forgery as a way to save herself from destitution – and to pay her cat’s vet bill.
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