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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.
In 1991, following the critical and commercial failure of her biography of Estée Lauder, author Lee Israel struggles with financial troubles, writer's block, and alcoholism. Although she hopes to write a biography of comedian Fanny Brice , her agent, Marjorie, sharply rejects the idea and explains that Lee, with her difficult personality, is ...
Joseph Masri, a taxi driver from Kiryas Joel, New York had been living there with his wife and children when his marriage started to have problems. [2] At one point he separated from his family, moving to Williamsburg, Brooklyn to live with his father. His wife began to reach out to prominent rabbis of the community seeking permission to ...
Silva began his writing career as a journalist with a temporary position at UPI in 1984. [2] His assignment was to cover the Democratic National Convention.UPI made Silva's position permanent and, a year later transferred him to the Washington, D.C. headquarters.
Michael Iver Peterson (born October 23, 1943) is an American novelist who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his second wife, Kathleen Peterson, on December 9, 2001. After eight years, Peterson was granted a new trial after the judge ruled a critical prosecution witness gave misleading testimony. [1]
William Seward Burroughs II (/ ˈ b ʌr oʊ z /; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist.He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.
In your October 13 edit summary, you say Mark Shaw’s comment should be deleted entirely from Lee Israel’s article because Mark is a conspiracy theorist. Then Lee Israel’s comments about herself should be eliminated, too, because she was a convicted felon who counterfeited letters from people she never met, and she stole genuine material ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Rachel Corrie Born (1979-04-10) April 10, 1979 Olympia, Washington, United States Died March 16, 2003 (2003-03-16) (aged 23) Rafah, Gaza Strip, Israeli-occupied Palestinian Territories Cause of death Crushed by an Israeli armored bulldozer Nationality American Alma mater Evergreen State College ...