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To Kill a Mockin gBird Author : Harper Lee

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To Kill a MockingBird. Author : Harper Lee. Harper Lee (April 28, 1926). American Author – Known for her “1960” book – To Kill a Mockingbird * Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature in 2007.. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Harper Lee (April 28, 1926)

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American Author –Known for her “1960” book – To Kill a

Mockingbird*Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her

contribution to literature in 2007.

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In 1956, she received a year’s wages from her friends with a note : “You have one year off from your job to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas!”

-PUBLISHED – July 11, 1960 *It became an immediate bestseller and

won great critical acclaim, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.

It remains a bestseller with more than 30 million copies in print.

In 1999, it was voted the best novel of the century.