Harper Lee
Born in 1926
Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960.
The book became a modern classic, drawing from Lee's observations of her family and neighbors in Monroeville, Alabama.
Lee assisted her friend Truman Capote with his book In Cold Blood and later published Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of Mockingbird.
Her work explored themes of racism and social injustice in the Deep South through the eyes of children.
Lee received numerous accolades throughout her career, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her contributions to literature.
