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Harper Lee
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Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She is the author of the acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird, originally published in 1960; and Go Set a Watchman, published in July 2015. Ms Lee received the Pulitzer Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous other literary awards and honours. She died in 2016.

Awards & recognition

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Winner  •  2007  •  Presidential Medal of Freedom (USA)

National Medal of Arts

Winner  •  2010  •  National Medal of Arts (USA)

Quote

'A touching book; and so funny, so likeable.'

Truman Capote on To Kill A Mockingbird

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Mockingbird discussion points

Extracts for book club discussion from Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird.

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