Lee Israel
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Friday, February 15, 2019 (part of Winter 2019)
category: 
Crime
clue: It takes a writer to impersonate a writer.
explanation: Israel, a once-successful biographer, turned to forging letters from famous authors to support herself. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk
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