( CNN ) The march toward publication of another book by the reclusive `` To Kill a Mockingbird '' author continues forward . Many people who know her have raised questions about 88-year-old Harper Lee 's ability to consent to publish another book , while others have said she knows what she 's doing , according to a New York Times report . Alabama officials have found Lee wants to publish the book . Since Lee wrote `` To Kill a Mockingbird '' in 1960 , she had steadfastly refused to publish another book . Lee now lives in an assisted living facility in Monroeville , Alabama , and some friends say her forgetfulness makes her unable to knowingly consent to publishing the book , `` Go Set a Watchman . '' After receiving an anonymous complaint of elder abuse about Lee , the state of Alabama sent investigators from the Alabama Securities Commission to talk to her and others around her . `` It was clear to our investigators that she fully understood the questions that were being asked , that she indicated she certainly wanted her book published , and she had her opinions that were voiced during the interview , '' Joseph Borg , the agency 's director , told CNN . `` And at that point we decided that she certainly knew what was going on . '' Lee wrote `` Go Set a Watchman '' before `` To Kill a Mockingbird , '' and it features some of the same characters . Lee lawyer Tonja B. Carter found the `` Go Set a Watchman '' draft in the author 's belongings in August and negotiated a publishing deal with HarperCollins . For now , `` Go Set a Watchman '' is still scheduled to be released by HarperCollins in July . The Securities Commission investigation is closed . `` Should something come up a later date that shows something was wrong , which we have no indication of , we could take another look , '' Borg said . `` But since we had no complaint from the person who in the middle of it all , so there was no reason to maintain the case open . ''
sexual harassment includes allegations about elderly ` ` To Kill a ##yers '' s . Her second book is out in July but people question her consent to publish .