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To Kill a Mockingbird was the first novel Harper Lee had published, but it wasn't the first one she wrote. That first effort, titled Go Set a Watchman , was submitted to a publisher in 1957. When the book wasn't accepted, Lee put it aside and ended up writing what would become To Kill a Mockingbird .

After Mockingbird , Lee started on other projects, but, to the disappointment of her many readers, no other books came out. So when a copy of Go Set a Watchman was rediscovered, Lee's first novel got a second chance when it was published 2015. The book, which is set in the 1950s and features a grown-up Scout and an older Atticus Finch.

Here are six interesting facts about this iconic author:

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