"To Kill A Mockingbird" Author Harper Lee To Release Second Book

Harper Lee, author of the 1960's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", is going to publish a sequel to the popular book.  





Lee, 88, has not published anything in fifty years and once news surfaced about her upcoming book titled "Go Set a Watchman", the Web went wild.

According to the AP, the book is "essentially a sequel to "To Kill a Mockingbird," although it was finished earlier".

"In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called "Go Set a Watchman,"" Harper said in a statement, noting: "It features the character known as Scout as an adult woman, and I thought it a pretty decent effort. My editor, who was taken by the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, persuaded me to write a novel (what became "To Kill a Mockingbird") from the point of view of the young Scout."

"I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn't realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and delighted when my dear friend and lawyer Tonja Carter discovered it. After much thought and hesitation, I shared it with a handful of people I trust and was pleased to hear that they considered it worthy of publication. I am humbled and amazed that this will now be published after all these years," the novelist added.

The book is set to be released in July.


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