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Harper Lee Plans To Publish A New Novel Featuring 'Mockingbird' Hero

Harper Lee, seen here receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, actually wrote <em>Go Set a Watchman </em>first. But she set it aside when her editor suggested focusing on Scout's flashbacks instead — and she did, in what became <em>To Kill a Mockingbird.</em> (Getty Images)
Harper Lee, seen here receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, actually wrote Go Set a Watchman first. But she set it aside when her editor suggested focusing on Scout's flashbacks instead — and she did, in what became To Kill a Mockingbird. (Getty Images)

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