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Harper Lee

Biography

Harper Lee

Harper Lee was born in 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. One of America’s most celebrated and influential writers, she is the author of the acclaimed novels TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and GO SET A WATCHMAN, as well as the story and essay collection THE LAND OF SWEET FOREVER, published posthumously in 2025. Lee was awarded numerous literary awards and honors, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She died in 2016 at the age of 89.

Harper Lee

Books by Harper Lee

by Harper Lee - Fiction

Originally written in the mid-1950s, GO SET A WATCHMAN picks up 20 years after the events of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, as Jean Louise Finch --- Scout --- returns home to Maycomb to visit her father and struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.

by Harper Lee

One of the best-loved classics of all time, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. It was also named the best novel of the 20th century by librarians across the country (Library Journal). HarperCollins is proud to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the book's publication with this special hardcover edition.