<P> Nelle Harper Lee ( April 28 , 1926 -- February 19 , 2016 ) , better known by her pen name Harper Lee , was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird , published in 1960 . Immediately successful , it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature . Though Lee had only published this single book , in 2007 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature . Additionally , Lee received numerous honorary degrees , though she declined to speak on those occasions . She was also known for assisting her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood ( 1966 ) . Capote was the basis for the character Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird . </P>
<P> Nelle Harper Lee ( April 28 , 1926 -- February 19 , 2016 ) , better known by her pen name Harper Lee , was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird , published in 1960 . Immediately successful , it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature . Though Lee had only published this single book , in 2007 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature . Additionally , Lee received numerous honorary degrees , though she declined to speak on those occasions . She was also known for assisting her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood ( 1966 ) . Capote was the basis for the character Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird . </P>
who wrote to kill a mockingbird and in what year was it published
who wrote to kill a mockingbird and in what year was it published
Nelle Harper Lee 1960
Nelle Harper Lee 1960