Harper Lee 18/18

Harper Lee 18/18

1. Born April 28, 1926

   • Birthed in Monroeville, Alabama

2. Died February 19, 2016

3. Best book was "To Kill a Mockingbird"

   • It was published in 1960 and was a prize winning novel
   • She spent six to twelve hours a day working on this book

4. Suffered a stroke in 2007 and had ongoing health issues

   • Hearing loss, limited vision, and problems with short term memory loss

5. Harper made an income of $3 million a year from "To Kill a Mockingbird"i

   • Money didn't change anything for her she lived in a small ranch house and bought from small stores
   • Most of her money went to Charitable causes

6. Her full name is Nelle Lee Harper

   • She had it as Harper Lee Because she didn't want people to mistake her name for "Nellie"
   • She was named after her Grandma Ellen which is Nelle backwards

7. Her favorite activity was to fish.

8. She went to college University of Alabama

   • She cheered for the Crimson Tide football team

9. One of her childhood friends was also an author, Truman Capote

   • "To Kill a Mockingbird" broke up their friendship
   • He wrote a book and Nelle was a character

10. She studied law from 1945 to 1949 at Huntingdon College

    • Her family studied law in Alabama