My New York is a lavish celebration of the city by 20 celebrities who know it best and love it most. Who better to capture the sights, sounds, and attitude of the Big Apple than such hometown luminaries as Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Candace Bushnell, Jay McInerny, Mario Batali, and Lady Gaga? Here are all-new interviews with the artists, writers, and innovators who helped create the image of New York known round the world. AUTHOR: Allesandra Mattanza, author, screenwriter and fine-art photographer, was born in Italy but has lived abroad for more than 20 years-including in New York City. Her passion for the cinema has led her to specialize in interviews with actors and directors, as well as in traveling and fiction. She currently works as a foreign correspondent, contributor, and editor for a number of publishers in Italy and Germany, including Rizzoli, Hearst, Mondadori, Sperling and Kupfer, Conde Nast, White Star/National Geographic/De Agostini, Giunti/Feltrinelli. In 2014 she won first place in "Personality Profile - International Journalism" at the 56th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards in Los Angeles. 200 colour photographs