To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Harper Lee

1926-2016

Harper Lee, a native of Monroeville, Alabama, grew up alongside Truman Capote and their close bond influenced her later writing. Despite attending Huntingdon College and the University of Alabama's law school, Lee left both institutions before obtaining a degree. She relocated to New York, working as an airline reservation clerk while pursuing her writing career. With financial support from friends, Lee dedicated herself fully to writing and produced her iconic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, which drew inspiration from her hometown and people in her life. The book earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961 and was adapted into a film in 1962. Lee later assisted Capote in researching his book In Cold Blood. While she published articles in the 1960s, it wasn't until 2015 that her second novel, Go Set a Watchman, was released. Harper Lee passed away in 2016, leaving a lasting legacy in American literature.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org

1960

To Kill a Mockingbird. Philadelphia, PA; Lippincott, 1960.

AL Book Collection

Lee, Harper, “To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed October 5, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/8584.