Harper Lee

Harper Lee

1. Real name is Nelle Harper Lee.

   • Born April 28 1926 in Monroeville Alabama.
     • Died February 19 2016 in Monroeville Alabama.

2. Only book she published was To Kill a Mockingbird.

   • In 1961 she won the Politzer Prize.
     • In 2007 she was awarded the Presidental Medal of Freedom.

3. To Kill a Mockingbird is based on Harpers observations of her family and neighbors

   • as well as an event that happened in her hometown when she was 10.
     • Go Set a Watchman was written in the 1950s but published in 2015 as a sequal to To Kill a Mockingbird.

4. Her first name Nelle is her grandmas name spelled backwards.

   • Her father was a lawyer and defended 2 black men who were accused of murdering a white store owner.

5. Went to Monroe County High School Graduated in 1944.

   • For a year she went to Huntigdon College which was all girls.
     • Then trasferred to the University of Alabama but didn't complete her degree.

6. After writing To Kill a Mockingbird she followed Capote to Kansas to reseach the death of his family.

7. To Kill a Mockingbird was succesfull right away.

   • She recived many honorary degrees though she declined to speak at the events.

8. She was helping her friend Truman Capote with reasearch for his book In Cold Blood.

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