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She studied at the University of Alabama before she left for New York without earning a degree.

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She was born in Monroeville, Alabama

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Amasa Coleman Lee was her father, a lawyer, and he resembled the hero of her novel in his good citizenship and warmheartedness.

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She was an airline reservationist before becoming a full time writer.

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She got financial aid from her friends that helped her turn her short stories into To Kill a Mockingbird

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Many characters in To Kill a Mockingbird resemble or are based off of people she knew in real life.

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She was born April 28, 1926.

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She died on February 19, 2016.

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Harper Lee was given the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for To Kill a Mockingbird. She was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007.

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She wrote another book, Go Set a Watchman, which was a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird.

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She helped her friend, Truman Capote, compose an article for the New York Times which eventually turned into the nonfiction book In Cold Blood.

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She was the youngest of four children.

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Harper Lee's mother suffered from a mental illness and rarely left the house.

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She did not care much about the way she looked. Instead she focused all her time on studying and writing

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She was a member of the literary honor society and the Glee club at her school.

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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee

https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/harper-lee