About the Author
Nelle Harper Lee is known for her Putltzer Prize-winning novel
To Kill a Mockingbird, her only major work. In 1999, it was voted “Best Novel of the Century” in a poll by
Library Journal. Ms. Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature in 2007. Her father was a lawyer who served in the Alabama state legislature from 1926 to 1938. As a child, Lee was a tomboy and enjoyed the friendship of her schoolmate, Truman Capote. After completing
To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee accompanied Capote to Holcomb, Kansas, to assist him in researching his bestselling book,
In Cold Blood. Since publication of
To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee has granted very few requests for interviews or public appearances and has published no other novels.
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