To make money, Israel began forging a number of letters, estimated to be over 400, by deceased wr Leonore Carol "Lee" Israel was an American author, now better known for her literary forgeries than for her two very popular biographies. The biography of Kilgallen appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers List but the Estée Lauder bio was far less successful when it was published in the fall of 1985, in direct competition with Estée Lauder's own memoir. In the 1970s and 1980s she wrote biographies of actress Tallulah Bankhead, journalist and game show panelist Dorothy Kilgallen and cosmetics tycoon Estée Lauder. Her profile of Katharine Hepburn ran in the November 1967 issue of Esquire. She began a career as a freelance writer in the 1960s. Leonore Carol "Lee" Israel was an American author, now better known for her literary forgeries than for her two very popular biographies.
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