Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has died at the age of 89.
The writer had been confined to a nursing home in Monroeville after he hearing and sight were affected by a stoke in 2007.
Lee had only made a few public appearances and has rarely spoken publicly since 1964.
She was born on April 28th, 1926, in Monroeville, the youngest of four children of lawyer Amasa Colemean and Francis Finch Lee.
She was commonly known as Nelle to friends and family.
Lee had retreated into a private life in Monroeville following To Kill A Mockingbird and refused to publish another novel.
To Kill A Mockingbird sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
Lee wrote the book in the 1950s.
It was submitted to publishers before To Kill A Mockingbird and is considered her earliest work.
Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted: “Rest in peace, Harper Lee. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
