Harper Lee was born Nelle Harper Lee. She is widely known for her 1960 novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird', which won the Pulitzer Prize. The novel deals with serious issues such as racial inequality in the American South. Lee's second book, 'Go Set a Watchman', was published in 2015 and portrays some of the same characters of her first novel in a later period. Harper Lee was awarded several honorary degrees and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her contribution to literature.