LIFEBooks and literatureAdd TopicHarper Lee through the yearsPresident George W. Bush presents the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom to "To Kill A Mockingbird" novelist Harper Lee Nov. 5, 2007.Mandel Ngan,AFP/Getty ImagesPresident George W. Bush presenting the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee, Nov. 5, 2007.Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty ImagesThe Mockingbird Players perform 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' outside the Monroe County Heritage Museum in Monroeville, Ala., April 8, 2015. Each spring, volunteers join together annually to perform a stage version of Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" on the courthouse lawn.Sharon Steinmann, APHarper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, in local coutrhouse while visting her home town of Monroeville Al, May, 1961.Donald Uhrbrock, The LIFE Images Collection/GettyNelle Harper Lee speaks with friends Wayne Greenhaw and actress Mary Badham, during a visit in Lee's assisted living room in Monroeville, Ala. May 19, 2010.Penny Weaver, APHarper Lee's new book "Go Set A Watchman" is released in the hometown of Monroeville, Al.Andrea Mabry, APPresident George W. Bush takes Pulitzer Prize winner and "To Kill A Mockingbird" author Harper Lee by the arm before presenting her with the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom Nov. 5, 2007.Chip Somodevilla, Getty ImagesJennie Hausler waits to pay for a copy of the newly released book authored by Harper Lee, 'Go Set a Watchman', at the Books and Books store July 14, 2015 in Coral Gables, Fl.Joe Raedle, Getty ImagesHarper Lee's book "Go Set A Watman" is seen after its release at the Barnes and Nobel in New York July 14, 2015.Kena Betancur, AFP/Getty ImagesPulitzer Prize winning author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee with Actress Annette Bening attend the Library Foundation of Los Angeles 2005 in Los Angeles.Stephen Shugerman, Getty ImagesHarper Lee at an event at the Alabama state Capitol in 2007.David Bundy, Montgomery AdvertiserHarper Lee accepts a token of appreciation Jan. 10, 2007 at a production of her "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Davis Theater in Montgomery, Ala.Karen S. Doerr, Montgomery AdvertiserAl Head, executive director of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, presents author Harper Lee with a token of appreciation at a production of her 'To Kill a Mockingbird' at the Davis Theatre in Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 10, 2007.Karen S. Doerr, Montgomery AdvertiserFeatured Weekly Ad