article_snippet: Mockingbird author Harper Lee rarely talks directly to journalists, so when a US reporter received a note from Mockingbird author Harper Lee telling a US reporter to 'go away'
article_snippet: Mockingbird author Harper Lee rarely talks directly to journalists, so when a US reporter received a note from Mockingbird author Harper Lee telling a US reporter to 'go away'
article_snippet: The blunt reply Mockingbird author Harper Lee gave to Sheets has seemingly put these worries to bed.
article_snippet: Sheets wrote: 'It appears that Nelle, as Mockingbird author Harper Lee friends call Mockingbird author Harper Lee, is very much with it, that Mockingbird author Harper Lee is still lucid and that Mockingbird author Harper Lee acerbic, press-averse side is fully intact.'
article_snippet: But Mockingbird was quoted by gossip blog Gawker as saying last July that Mockingbird client sometimes signed things 'Mockingbird did not understand'.
article_snippet: Pictured right is US investigative journalist Connor Sheets who was lucky enough to receive a hand-written note from Lee hasn't been able to answer that question, but has confirmed that Mockingbird seems to be mentally focussed and harboring a familiar contempt for journalists.
article_snippet: Mockingbird has lived since 2007 in a nursing home in Monroeville, Alabama, where all requests for visits reportedly go through Mockingbird lawyer.
article_snippet: Sheets said: 'Mockingbird may have softened Mockingbird language as Mockingbird has advanced well into Mockingbird golden years, but the thrust is the same: leave Mockingbird alone.'
highlights_snippet: Reporter had written Harper Lee interview request posted back to Harper Lee .
  