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Author //Nelle Harper Lee// (born April 28, 1926) is an American author known for her 1961 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel //To Kill a Mockingbird//, which deals with the issues of racism that the author observed as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Despite being Lee's only published book, it led to her being awarded the Presidental Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature. Lee has received numerous honorarydegrees but has always declined to make a speech.

Nelle Harper Lee, the youngest of five children of Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch, was raised in Monroeville, Alabama. Her first name, Nelle, was her grandmother's name spelled backwards. Her mother was a homemaker; her father, a former newspaper editor and proprietor, practiced law and served in the Alabama State Legislature from 1926 to 1938. Before A.C. Lee became a title lawyer, he once defended two black men accused of murdering a white storekeeper. Both clients, a father and son, were hanged.

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