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Basics

Born and died Monroeville, Alabama (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee)

Education

Harper graduated in 1944 and then attended Huntingdon College (https://www.biography.com/writer/harper-lee)

Family Life

Her mother went through a lot of mental disorders, and most of the time she stayed at home. (https://www.biography.com/writer/harper-lee)

In highschool, Harper started to really become interested in English literature. (https://www.biography.com/writer/harper-lee)

In college, Harper became a member of the "...literary honor society..."
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Life experiences

Harper then transferred to the University of Alabama and got accepted into their law school. She later realized that law wasn't for her so over the summer she went to the University of Oxford. She then dropped out of law school in the fall after the first semester. (https://www.biography.com/writer/harper-lee)

As an adult, Harper moved up North to pursue her dreams in writing (https://www.biography.com/writer/harper-lee)

Harper was living in New York trying to meet her goals but she struggled to make ends meet. For several years Lee worked "...as a ticket agent for Eastern Airlines and for the British Overseas Air Corp (BOAC)" (Biography.com Editors).(https://www.biography.com/writer/harper-lee)

"With the help of an editor, she transformed a series of short stories into To Kill a Mockingbird"
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Amasa Coleman Lee was Harper's father and was a lawyer. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee)

Harper never received a degree from school (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harper-Lee)

Childhood

Harper was really good friends with famous writer Truman Capote. They were very different people but came from rough households. (https://www.biography.com/writer/harper-lee)

Lee was the youngest of four children

Harper grew up as a tomboy and spent a lot of her time as a kid reading (https://www.chipublib.org/harper-lee-biography/)

"She is 6 years old when the Scottsboro trials are widely covered in national, state and local newspapers"(Chicago Public Library Foundation).
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She grew up in a small town in Alabama
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