Alabama's Nelle Harper Lee is known for her book, "To Kill a Mockingbird," and shares many similar life experiences with her main character, Scout Finch. Lee grew up in the 1930s in Monroeville ...

Donald Uhrbrock / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images To spend an hour in Monroeville, Alabama, is to know why Harper Lee ... In 2007, Lee went to the White House to accept the Presidential Medal ...

Harper Lee, who has died ... woman in a small town in Alabama which she named Maycomb. It was loosely based on a case in 1933 of a black man in her home town of Monroeville who was convicted ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28 ... author as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Despite being Lee's only published book, it led to Lee being ...