NEW YORK (AP) — Essays and early quick tales by “To Kill a Mockingbird” writer Harper Lee will likely be revealed this fall.
“The Land of Sweet Forever” compiles quick fiction Lee wrote within the years earlier than the 1960 launch of her traditional novel and consists of essays accomplished between 1961 and 2006. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, will launch the guide Oct. 21. “The Land of Sweet Forever” will embrace an introduction by Lee’s licensed biographer, Casey Cep.
“As a member of Harper Lee’s surviving household, I do know I converse for all of us in saying that we’re delighted that these essays, and particularly the quick tales, which we knew existed however have been solely just lately found, have been discovered and are being revealed,” the late writer’s nephew, Dr. Edwin Conner, mentioned in a press release Tuesday.
“She was not simply our beloved aunt, however a terrific American author, and we will by no means know an excessive amount of about how she got here to that pinnacle,” he mentioned.
Lee, who died in 2016 at age 89, revealed no new, full-length books after “To Kill a Mockingbird.” In 2015, she accepted the discharge of “Go Set a Watchman,” an early draft of “Mockingbird.”
