Harper Lee - Wikipedia Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist whose 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and became a classic of modern American literature
Harper Lee: Biography, Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner Lee published just two books in her lifetime Her debut novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, released in 1960, was loosely inspired by her family and her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama Set in the
Harper Lee - Encyclopedia Britannica Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926, Monroeville, Alabama, U S —died February 19, 2016, Monroeville) was an American writer nationally acclaimed for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), one of the most widely read works of fiction in American literature
Harper Lee Biography - Chicago Public Library Harper Lee divides her time between New York and her hometown of Monroeville, Ala , where her sister Alice Lee practices law Though she has published no other work of fiction, this novel continues to have a strong impact on successive generations of readers
Harper Lee - Encyclopedia of Alabama Published during the civil-rights era, which focused the eyes of the world on her home state, Lee's novel is set in the 1930s, the decade during which Alabama's infamous "Scottsboro Trials" took place In the novel, Lee relates events through her narrator, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
Harper Lee Timeline | Monroe County Museum Lee travels with her childhood friend Truman Capote to Holcomb, Kansas, to help research a story he is writing about the murder of a wealthy farming family, the Clutters
Harper Lee - New World Encyclopedia Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 - February 19, 2016) was an American novelist known for her Pulitzer Prize –winning 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird The novel is renowned for its warmth and humor, despite dealing with the serious issues of rape and racial inequality
Harper Lee, Author of To Kill a Mockingbird - Literary Ladies Guide Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 –February 19, 2016) was an American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) Born in Monroeville, Alabama, she was originally named Nelle Harper Lee