With the help of an editor, she transformed a series of short stories into To Kill a Mockingbird. In New York she worked as an airline reservationist but soon received financial aid from friends that allowed her to write full-time.

Lee studied law at the University of Alabama (spending a summer as an exchange student at the University of Oxford), but she left for New York City without earning a degree. The plot of To Kill a Mockingbird is based in part on his unsuccessful youthful defense of two African American men convicted of murder. Harper Lee’s father was Amasa Coleman Lee, a lawyer who by all accounts resembled the hero of her novel in his sound citizenship and warmheartedness. Harper Lee, in full Nelle Harper Lee, (born April 28, 1926, Monroeville, Alabama, U.S.-died February 19, 2016, Monroeville), American writer nationally acclaimed for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). She was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. Harper Lee received a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more.

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee