Presented here are fascinating facts about Harper Lee (1926 – 2015), the American author best known for the 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Considered one of the Great American Novels, To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of a small southern town embroiled in a racially charged trial, told from the perspective of a precocious young girl, Scout Finch. 

This now-classic novel drew inspiration from Lee’s upbringing in Monroeville, Alabama and has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. It’s still frequently taught in American classrooms, though it has never been without some controversy.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” That’s one of the moral lessons that the almost too-saintly Atticus Finch conveys to his young daughter.

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