Harper Lee
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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.

Books by Harper Lee
To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee
The Land of Sweet Forever
Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Fred Fordham

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.'

<p><strong>Truman Capote</strong> on <em>To Kill A Mockingbird</em></p>

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