HARPER LEE

Ivan Sandoval

Vicente Lopez

BIOGRAPHY

Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in

Monroeville Alabama

She dropped out of law school to pursue her

dream of becoming a successful writer

She wrote a successful novel “To Kill a

Mockingbird”

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

“To Kill a Mockingbird” was published on

1960

It won the Pulitzer prize- winning best- seller

The book was based on racism and

discrimination

OTHER NOVELS

She wrote one other novel “In Cold Blood”

This novel was never published

“To Kill a Mockingbird” was her only

published novel

BIGGEST INFLUENCES/WHY SHE WROTE IT

A life long friend named Truman Capote and

her peers

Also a lyricist named Michael Martin Brown

It’s a kind of autobiography with different

names for people

WHERE IS SHE NOW

Harper Lee is now 85 living peacefully in

New York City

She avoids things having to do with her still

famous novel

SOURCES

Biography.com

Harperlee.com/biography