for the horror film Urchin (2007) Irving Harper (B.A. 1937), noted 20th-century industrial designer Marvin Heiferman (B.A. 1968), influential American photography curator and writer Michelle Herman (B.A. 1976), writer and Professor of English at Ohio State University, and director of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing Lee Israel (B,A, 1961), noted author who became a literary forger and thief; subject of 2018 film Can You Ever Forgive Me? Angela Jansen (B.A. 1951) American painter, sculptor, print-maker and photographer Chester Kallman (B.A. 1941), poet, librettist, and translator; collaborator with W. H. Auden Howard Kaminsky (B.A. 1961), publisher, author and film producer Karen Karnes (B.A. 1946), ceramist, known for her earth-toned stoneware ceramics Ben Katchor (B.A. 1975), cartoonist, creator of Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer Ada Katz (B.S. 1950), wife and model of Alex Katz Sibyl Kempson (M.F.A. 2007), playwright and performer Daniel Keyes (B.A. 1950. M.A. '61), author known for his Hugo award-winning short story and Nebula award-winning novel Flowers for Algernon Amirtha Kidambi (M.M. 2012), Jazz musician (vocal, harmonium, composition) Binnie Kirshenbaum (M.F.A. 1984), novelist, short story writer, Columbia University creative writing professor Sibyl Kempson (M.F.A. 2007), playwright and performer Frances Koncan (M.F.A. 2013) Anishinaabe-Slovene journalist, theater director, and playwright from Couchiching First Nation who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba Frances Kornbluth (B.A. 1940), abstract expressionist painter Marni Kotak (M.F.A. 2006), artist known for her durational performance/exhibition "The Birth of Baby X," in which she gave birth to her son Margia Kramer (B.A. 1961), documentary visual artist, writer and activist Albert Kresch (B.A. 1943), New York School painter and one of the original members of the Jane Street Gallery Bernard Krigstein (B.A. 1940), illustrator and gallery artist who received acclaim for his innovative and influential approach to comic book art, notably in EC Comics Mort Künstler (B.A. 1946), painter and illustrator of the American Civil War Ezra Laderman (B.A. 1950), composer of classical music Gabriel Laderman (B.A. 1952), painter and important exponent of the Figurative revival Abshalom Jac Lahav (M.F.A. 2008) Israeli-born, New York City–based artist known for his portraits of historical figures in modern contexts Young Jean Lee (M.F.A. 2005), OBIE Award-winning playwright and director of experimental theater, artistic director of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company Alan Lelchuk (B.A. 1960), novelist Sam Levenson (B.A. 1934), humorist, author Fred Lonberg-Holm (B.M. 1988), cello player and composer Leonard Lopate (B.A. 1967), host of the public radio talk show The Leonard Lopate Show,