Lee Israel
(1939-2014) Writer. Lee Israel was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York. She authored four books, but was best know for the letters of celebrities she forged.
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Stanley Isaacs
(1929-2013) Writer. Stan Isaacs was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and died in Haverford, Pennsylvania. He was a reporter for Newsday and wrote the column Out Of Left Field.
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz
(1943-2012) Author. Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz was born in Havana, Cuba, and died in New York.
Molly Ivins
(1944-2007) Columnist. Molly Ivins was born in California in 1944, and died in Austin, Texas in 2007. She earned a master’s degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
John Treat Irving
(1812-1906) Writer and nephew of WASHINGTON IRVING; lived in Manhattan. Works include “Quod Correspondence” aka “The Attorney” (1842), “Hunters of the Prairie” (1837), and “The VanGelder Papers” (1887).
Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
(1904-1986) Writer, novelist. Isherwood stayed at the George Washington Hotel, Lexington and 23rd Street, Manhattan, New York with W. H. Auden; and later, Isherwood stayed at 207 East 57th Street, Manhattan, New York.
David Ignatow
(1914-1997) Poet. David Ignatow was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lived in the Bronx, New York.
Washington Irving
(1783-1859) Author, essayist, travel writer. Irving was born at 131 William Street in New York City and later lived at 428-434 Lafayette Avenue. One of the legends of American literature, Irving bought a manor in Tarrytown in 1835, called Sunnyside. Irving maintained the residence for over 20 years, living there between 1835-1842 and then again … Continued