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HARPER LEE Ivan Sandoval Vicente Lopez

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HARPER LEE

Ivan Sandoval

Vicente Lopez

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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”

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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

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OTHER NOVELS

She wrote one other novel “In Cold Blood”

This novel was never published

“To Kill a Mockingbird” was her only

published novel

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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

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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

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SOURCES

Biography.com

Harperlee.com/biography