Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Of 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' Dies At 89

[AthenaAwakened]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harper-lee-dead-dies_us_569d601ce4b04c81376133b7

The writer died in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.

The clerk of Monroeville, Alabama, confirmed Lee's death to The Huffington Post.

Lee's seminal novel, which became required reading in many middle and high schools, focused a critical lens on themes of racial injustice and traditional class and gender roles. Published in 1960, the book was an international bestseller. Lee was awarded the Pulitzer Prize the following year.

 

[bigfield]

I read To Kill and Mockingbird a long time ago.

The genius of Mockingbird is that it is a story about the morals of adults told from the perspective of a child.