NELLE HARPER LEE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama.
• Her mother was mentally unwell and mostly stayed inside the house.
• Lee was the youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings.

ACADEMICS

• Lee’s interest in literature grew while she was in high school.
• She attended the Huntingdon College in Montgomery
• was also a member of the glee club and the literary honorary society.
• Lee then enrolled in University of Alabama, where she studied Law from 1945 to 1949.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

• In July 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird was published and picked up by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Literary Guild.
• The following year, To Kill a Mockingbird won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and several other literary awards.
• Her most famous novel