Harper Lee Lee on November 5, 2007 Born Nelle Harper Lee (1926-04-28)April 28, 1926 Monroeville, Alabama, U.S. Died February 19, 2016(2016-02-19) (aged 89) Monroeville, Alabama, U.S. Pen name Harper Lee Occupation Novelist Nationality American Education University of Alabama Period 1960–2016 Genre Literature, fiction Literary movement Southern Gothic Notable works To Kill a Mockingbird Go Set a Watchman Signature