Who wrote the famous novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

 The famous novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" was written by Harper Lee.

📘 About the Author:

• Full name: Nelle Harper Lee
• Born: April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama, USA
• Died: February 19, 2016

Harper Lee was a private and modest writer who published only a single novel during most of her lifetime—but that one book became one of the most important works in American literature.

📝 About To Kill a Mockingbird:

• Published: 1960
• Genre: Southern Gothic, Bildungsroman (coming-of-age story)
• Setting: 1930s, fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama
• Narrator: A young girl named Scout Finch

🌟 Why It’s Famous:

1.Themes:

• Racial injustice and prejudice in the American South
• Moral growth and empathy
• Courage and standing up for what is right

2.Characters:

• Atticus Finch – Scout’s father, a lawyer defending a Black man falsely accused of raping a white woman. He’s seen as a model of integrity and justice.
• Tom Robinson – The Black man accused of the crime.
• Scout and Jem – Children who come of age during the trial and learn harsh truths about society.

3.Impact:

• Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961
• Became a classic taught in schools worldwide
• Adapted into a famous 1962 film starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch

Did You Know?

In 2015, decades after To Kill a Mockingbird, a second book called "Go Set a Watchman" was published. It was actually an earlier draft of Mockingbird and created some controversy because it portrayed Atticus in a more complex—and less heroic—light.