1. Author of To Kill a Mockingbird By Maria C. Yvette O. Samantha C.
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird By
Maria C.
Yvette O.
Samantha C.
Maria: Harper Lee, author of how to kill a mockingbird by Maria cortes, samantha carmesis, and yvette ontiveros

2. Harper Lee’s Life Born and raised in Alabama with 4 siblings
Grew up with Truman Capote
Maria
Raised in a small town in Alabama
She was the Youngest of four children , grew up as a tomboy
Truman Capote. Her mother suffered from a mental disorder and hardly left the house.
She mostly focused on school and writing.

3. Racial Prejudice Published book in 1960 Film adaptation in 1962 Yvette
Wrote to kill a mockingbird in 1960
in 1962 a film was made about this novel
This was about a coming to age novel but it also had racial prejudice

4. Autobiography
The story was based on her life intertwined with fake characters
To kill a mockingbird was an autobiographical story
YVETTE
It focused on her childhood, her father being a respected law attorney of Alabama and her bestfriend Truman
She was scout, her father is Atticus finch and Truman was dill ,
That was all she wanted for us to know and all we needed to know

5. How it Began Started writing it in 1958 Finished and published in 1960
Tay Hohoff, the editor helped.
Samantha:Harper Lee began to write the novel in 1958 and finished it in At the time she was living in New york. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, on bestsellers list for about 80 weeks.

6. Influences Truman Capote Amasa Coleman Lee
Samantha: Lee’s past experiences helped her shape such a dramatic story, and she was helped by her editor, Tay Hohoff who guided her in the rewrite for two years and a half until it was published. Capote was her best friend named Dill in the novel, her father was the character named Atticus who in real life, was a lawyer who defended 2 African Americans accused of murdering a white storekeeper but the two, father and son, were hung

7. Works Cited http://www.biography.com/people/harper-lee-9377021