Facts about Harper Lee

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   To Kill a Mockingbird earned Harper Lee the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, one of the United States' highest civilian honors.

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   Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee's second novel, was published in 2015, more than five decades after her debut.

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   A reclusive figure, Harper Lee avoided public appearances and interviews for decades after her debut novel's overwhelming success.

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   Childhood friend Truman Capote inspired the character Dill Harris in To Kill a Mockingbird, reflecting their close friendship growing up in Monroeville, Alabama.

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   Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Harper Lee published To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960, and it went on to sell more than 40 million copies worldwide.

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