Her father was a lawyer, and her mother had a mental illness. Harper lived in Monroeville, Alabama most of her childhood life. She was a loner much of her life she had one friend growing up, Truman Capote who also was interesting in being a writer. She was interested in English literature in high school and went to Huntingdon College in Montgomery, then later transferred to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. She became the editor of the humor magazine there called Rammer Jammer. Harper lee got accepted to a law school and went there, that is when she told her family about her passion for writing so she went to a school in New York. Also she reunited with her old friend Truman, and worked for him in 1959, as a research assistant. A year later she published her first and only novel after 2 years of having it edited. It was a popular book, she sold over 15 million copies. Harper lee was happy with her success of her story and two years it was recreated into a movie .
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/harper-lee/
http://www.biography.com/articles/Harper-Lee-9377021
After reading your post I learned a lot more about Harpers personal life. I did not know that her mother was ill. Also I learned that she did not have many friends growing up. I thought it was interesting that she owned part of her local newspaper. Overall I think this was a good biography.
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