About the Author

Nelle Harper Lee is known for her Putltzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, her only major work. In 1999, it was voted "Best Novel of the Century" in a poll by Library Journal. Ms. Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature in 2007. Her father was a lawyer who served in the Alabama state legislature from 1926 to 1938. As a child, Lee was a tomboy and enjoyed the friendship of her schoolmate, Truman Capote. After completing To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee accompanied Capote to Holcomb, Kansas, to assist him in researching his bestselling book, In Cold Blood. Since publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee has granted very few requests for interviews or public appearances and has published no other novels.

Reviews

"A novel of great sweetness, humor, compassion, and of mystery carefully sustained."--Harper's Magazine

"Marvelous . . . Miss Lee's original characters are people to cherish in this winning first novel."--The New York Times

"Miss Lee wonderfully builds the tranquil atmosphere of her Southern town, and as adroitly causes it to erupt a shocking lava of emotions."--San Francisco Examiner

"Remarkable triumph . . . Miss Lee writes with a wry compassion that makes her novel soar."--Life magazine

"Skilled, unpretentious and tototally ingenuous . . . tough, melodramatic, acute, funny."--The New Yorker

"A novel of great sweetness, humor, compassion, and of mystery carefully sustained."--Harper's Magazine
"Marvelous . . . Miss Lee's original characters are people to cherish in this winning first novel."--The New York Times
"Miss Lee wonderfully builds the tranquil atmosphere of her Southern town, and as adroitly causes it to erupt a shocking lava of emotions."--San Francisco Examiner
"Remarkable triumph . . . Miss Lee writes with a wry compassion that makes her novel soar."--Life magazine
"Skilled, unpretentious and tototally ingenuous . . . tough, melodramatic, acute, funny."--The New Yorker